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Miami Mayor, former White House hopeful Francis Suarez endorses Donald Trump for president

Miami Mayor and former Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez announced Friday that he will support former President Donald Trump for re-election this year.

Suarez, who leads one of the nation’s largest cities with the highest concentration of Hispanic Americans, said in an early morning post to swore.

“After seeing both the current president and President Trump at the border, and having visited the border myself last week, I believe that the only person who can keep our country safe, secure our borders, control inflation, and consistently lead our country is “The obvious candidate for the forward is President Donald J. Trump,” Suarez wrote.

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“For these reasons, I am endorsing President Trump today. I look forward to supporting his campaign to build on his strong performance and contrasting him with the current administration, especially as President Trump and the Republican Party “We look forward to helping reach a larger percentage of Hispanic voters,” he added, “younger voters and voters in our cities and urban centers.”

Suarez’s support comes as Democrats lose support from Hispanic voters, with a Gallup poll released last month showing Republicans with just a 12-point lead over the community, the lowest since 2011. This comes on the heels of a public opinion poll showing that

The same poll also found that Democratic support among young voters is at its lowest level in nearly 20 years.

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Republican Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

according to USA Today/Suffolk University Poll In January, Biden’s approval rating among Hispanic voters had fallen from 59% to 34%.

Suarez’s endorsement was also announced a day after Trump and President Biden held dueling events at the southern border, an area far less affected by the spiraling immigration crisis than Eagle Pass, Texas. He was criticized for choosing to visit Brownsville, Texas. I visited before.

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Suarez began his presidential campaign last June, but failed to gain support among voters and donors and became the first candidate to withdraw from the race in August, leading to the first presidential debate. was not eligible to participate.

FOX News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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