From Breitbart:
At the 2016 convention, nine states had petitions with majorities of delegates in what looked like enough to force a roll-call vote on the convention’s rules, in a larger effort by a group called Delegates Unbound, though the it fell apart when three states opted to rescind their petitions, the State reported at the time.
The State noted that those behind the plan were largely “anti-Trump activists, playing a long-shot hope that they could avoid nominating the bombastic billionaire.”
Adam Morgan, who was elected at the state convention as an alternate delegate, helped in the Delegates Unbound-style initiative among South Carolina delegates to try and nominate Cruz at the convention instead of Trump...
Months before the convention, on February 27, 2016, at the height of the GOP primary, Morgan made his disdain for Trump, at least at the time, apparent in comparing him to Star Wars villain Jabba the Hut.
A Twitter user likened Jabba the Hut to the “grandfather of the snot in the mucinex commercial.” Moments later, Morgan responded, “no, no…. Jabba the Hut = Donald Trump.”
(T)he Post and Courier reports that Morgan has not committed to endorsing anyone in the presidential primary as of November 16 as Trump continues to coalesce the base and regularly polls with more than 60 percent of support.
“I’m really focused on my congressional race,” Morgan said per the outlet. “I’m excited about the deep bench on the Republican side, and I’m excited by a lot of the options. I think we have a lot of strong fighters.”
When Breitbart News asked Morgan if he supported Trump in 2024, he did not respond. Breitbart News also asked if he agreed with Trump that Haley and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) should not have run this year, and if so, why did he praise the “deep bench” of GOP candidates. He did not reply to that either.
Timmons touts endorsements from GOP heavyweights, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) thus far.
Morgan has the backing of Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC). Norman is the only House Republican to endorse former Haley for president, who is starting to be seen as the GOP establishment’s top long-shot candidate to take on Trump. She also enjoys the backing of Americans for Prosperity Action, a group linked to Charles Koch and other establishment Republican megadonors, which reportedly plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to try and stop Trump in the primary.