Joe Scarborough on Mark Sanford Loss: Republican Party is Now a ‘Trumpist Cult’

Joe Scarborough on Mark Sanford Loss: Republican Party is Now a ‘Trumpist Cult’ (Mediaite) 

As Morning Joe talked about Congressman Mark Sanford‘s defeat last night in the South Carolina primaries, Joe Scarborough called it the latest sign that the Republican Party has become completely subservient to President Donald Trump.

Even though Sanford maintained a conservative track record during his congressional career, the representative was torpedoed by Trumpjust hours before the election yesterday. Scarborough noted that Sanford has said a number of critical statements about Trump in the past, so the MSNBC host flat out asked “Why don’t we just say [the GOP] has devolved into a cult?”

“Primary voters in the Republican Party have devolved into a Trumpist cult,” he continued