Former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley withdraw celebrity endorsement ahead of Monday's Iowa caucuses.
North Dakota's Republican governor, Doug Burgum, announced his support for Trump on Sunday at the former president's rally in Indianola, Iowa. Burgum withdrew from the presidential race last month, Blaze News previously reported.
Burgum participated in the first two Republican presidential primary debates, but did not meet the Republican National Committee's polling and donor criteria to participate in the remaining debates. He strongly criticized “the RNC's clubhouse debate requirement” for “nationalizing the primary process.”
Burgum, who appeared on stage with Trump on Sunday, said: “I came here to do something that no other presidential primary candidate has ever done: make Donald J. Trump president of the United States.'' It means I support it.”
“I had a chance to have a front row seat,” he says. Added. “I've seen President Trump and what he can do. I've seen it as a business leader and as a governor. I've seen the difference President Trump can make. ”
Another former rival, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, also endorsed Trump over his home state's governor, Ron DeSantis (R).
In the post of XRubio said, “When Trump was president, [the White House] We were able to accomplish the major policies I've been working on for years, such as expanding the child tax credit and tough sanctions on the regimes in Cuba and Venezuela, because we had a president who wouldn't bow to special interests or allow bureaucratic interference. be. ”
“I support Mr. Trump because that kind of leadership is the only way we will get the extraordinary action necessary to solve the devastation that Mr. Biden has caused,” Rubio continued. Ta. “It’s time to get to work defeating Biden and saving America!”
politiko DeSantis responded to Rubio's support for Trump, reporting that the former president is “the party of the establishment in Washington, D.C.”
“They're lining up behind him,” he added. “I'm a job agent candidate in Washington, D.C., and I like the contrast.”
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida also endorsed Trump last November.in a statement to NBC News“If you look at what's going on in the world today, if that were the case, this wouldn't be happening,” Scott said. [Trump] He was the president. ”
“I think we should all come together to defeat Mr. Biden and do everything we can to help him win the nomination,” he said.
Former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, an outspoken critic of President Trump, expressed support for Haley on Sunday.
Hogan said. CNN's “State of the Union” He said it's “pretty clear” that Trump is the front-runner in Iowa, but that Haley “has momentum.”
“The purpose of this race is to try to nominate the strongest possible candidate in November,” he said. “According to polls, it's Nikki Haley. She has a 17-point lead over Joe Biden. And it's a Trump-Biden contest.”
“Yes, it's time for the party to stand behind Nikki Haley,” Hogan declared.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa has refused to endorse anyone, she said, even though nearly every candidate has asked her for support. NBC News. Ernst did not rule out supporting Trump, but added that Haley is also a “great candidate.”
“If you look at the issues that are top of mind for Republicans in Iowa, it's the economy, the issues they've struggled with under President Biden. It's the southern border and the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States. But overall, Nikki Haley, who looks at national security, protects our borders, and fights back against adversaries around the world, has experience there, and she's really bringing that to the voters of Iowa. We spoke to a different electorate,” Ernst said.
“We'll find out who the winner is here in the Iowa caucuses. We'll find out tomorrow night, and then we'll know how we move forward,” she added.
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