He later addressed supporters outside a boat manufacturing facility, where he showed off a slew of new South Carolina endorsements, including from the state's attorney general, its secretary of state, its House majority leader and other members of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
While his rivals have been busy holding town halls and visiting local diners, Trump has spent much of the last months responding to his mounting legal troubles.
Beyond his complaints with the press, Trump lashed out at Mark Milley, the retiring chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over phone calls he made to China in the final stormy months of Trump’s presidency.
But Trump on Friday claimed Milley had committed “an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!
Ambassador and current GOP rival Nikki Haley, a native of South Carolina, calling her “Birdbrain."
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