I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

I was never that kid that wanted to be in politics. What happened was, I graduated with a degree in accounting. I came back home to the family business. I saw how hard it was to make a ­dollar, and how easy it was for the government to take it. And my mom said, "Quit complaining about it. Do something about it."

I love this country. And when you are given an opportunity to help your country, in what is one of the most volatile times we've seen in a long time, there's no way I'm not going to step up to do everything I can and make us strong.

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

People ask the question, 'If you're offered VP, would you take it?' No, I won't take it.

South Carolinians are strong, independently-minded people. At the end of the day, they make their own decisions. And I respect them for that. And I welcome that. And I told him that from the very beginning.

The only country that can stop North Korea is China.