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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/thedailybeast.com/keyword/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a> formally endorsed <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> for president in a <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1746629924432310551?s=46&t=lf_0P7vXDlL3MH8GQFeCSw">post</a> on X Sunday. </p>
<p>“I support Trump because that kind of leadership is the ONLY way we will get the extraordinary actions needed to fix the disaster Biden has created,” the Florida senator and former Republican presidential candidate wrote. </p>
<p>He previously ran against Trump in 2016, during which he called him “an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/15/marco-rubio-trump-already-embarrassment-for-republican-party">embarrassment</a>” and a “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/marco-rubio-donald-trump-morning-show-attacks/index.html">con artist</a>” before bowing out of the primary race. Since then, he's been a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-marco-rubio-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-trump">careful supporter of Trump</a>, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/marco-rubio-reelection-donald-trump/index.html">dodging</a> when asked to condemn the former president's actions over the Jan. 6 insurrection or when asked to address Trump's repeated election lies. </p>
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“I support Trump because that kind of leadership is the ONLY way we will get the extraordinary actions needed to fix the disaster Biden has created,” the Florida senator and former Republican presidential candidate wrote.
He previously ran against Trump in 2016, during which he called him “an embarrassment” and a “con artist” before bowing out of the primary race. Since then, he’s been a careful supporter of Trump, dodging when asked to condemn the former president’s actions over the Jan. 6 insurrection or when asked to address Trump’s repeated election lies.
