Story highlights Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, who was elected in November 2014, previously served as the state's attorney general and chairman of the South Carolina GOP

He is the highest-ranking South Carolina official to endorse Trump

Gilbert, South Carolina (CNN) South Carolina's lieutenant governor endorsed Donald Trump during the GOP front-runner's rally here Wednesday night.

Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, who was elected in November 2014, previously served as the state's attorney general and chairman of the South Carolina GOP. He is the highest-ranking South Carolina official to endorse Trump.

McMaster introduced Trump at his rally, calling him a "man of accomplishment."

"He's actually done some things. Some big things," McMaster said. "He speaks the truth as he sees it in words everybody can understand."

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