Senator Marco Rubio declared his support for Donald Trump

Republican Senator Marco Rubio This Sunday, the former president announced his support for the presidential candidacy Donald Trump Among his party’s priorities, citing the need for “extraordinary action” against Joe Biden’s government.

The Cuban-American’s support for the former president (2017-2021) is another blow for the Florida governor. Ron DeSantisAnother state senator, Rick Scott, who is also seeking a presidential bid, showed his support for Trump last November.

Rubio drew attention to social networks

He asserted that he achieved important policies as a senator during Trump’s presidency, such as tougher sanctions on the regimes of Cuba and Venezuela because “We’ve had a president who didn’t pander to special interests“

“I support Trump because this type of leadership is the only way to achieve the extraordinary actions needed to solve the disaster that Biden has created,” he asserted.

Rubio ran against Trump in the 2016 primarieswho at the time derogatorily nicknamed him “Little Marco”.

Rubio’s endorsement comes a day earlier Iowa caucusesTrump is the favorite against DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Likewise, the Governor of North Dakota, Doug BurgumHe also announced his support for Trump for the presidential election.

Candidates for the Republican Party nomination in the upcoming presidential election encouraged their base to challenge this Sunday. Iowa’s record low temperature And go to the polls this Monday, in the caucuses, the first official appointment of the presidential race.

“Ignore the climate and go out and save America, because that’s what you’re really doing, it’s about saving our country,” former President Trump said. After arriving in Iowa last night days later than expected due to last week’s severe snowstorm, the Republican participated in the only event this Sunday that has not been canceled due to weather conditions, a rally in Indianola, a half-hour drive from Des Moines. , the capital of Iowa.

Hundreds of citizens have been there, though only a few have been able to see the former president up close. Most people, including the foreign press, had to settle for watching Trump from the screen, in the next room.

Although he remains the favorite in the polls, Trump asked his voters to stay home and express their support for the first test In his race to secure the Republican nomination for this year’s presidential election, the caucus, which will take place on Monday at 7:00 pm (01:00 GMT Tuesday).

To be elected as a party candidate, candidates must receive the support of a majority of the 2,469 delegates proportionally distributed across the country’s 50 states.

To IowaThe first appointment of the election calendar, corresponds to 40 representatives (1.6% of the total), who elects a candidate and who adds proportionally to the votes received by the candidate.

Trump still has it all Surveys in your favour. one of the last, NBC Newspoints out that 48% of Republicans surveyed want him to be the Republican nominee, compared to 20% who support the former ambassador to the United Nations. Nikki Haley.

Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantisHas 16% votes and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy with 8%.

“It doesn’t matter what the polls say, but you have to go out and vote,” said Trump, who took advantage of his speech to criticize other political candidates, particularly Haley, who may leave Iowa stronger. “He’s not up for the job,” said Trump, who received a public endorsement at the event from New Dakota governor Doug Bergum, a former candidate.

Haley was ambassador for nearly two years, after being nominated by Trump himself, and resigned in 2018, claiming significant differences with the former president on foreign policy issues.

The only woman among the candidates already has her sights set on the state New Hampshire, where the first national primaries will be held on January 23, the second event on the election calendar. There is already an event on Tuesday.

In Iowa he has invested a lot of money and he travels the state for days and attends three or four rallies a day. The first one this morning in Dubuque had to be canceled due to weather.

Ron DeSantis was able to make it to Dubuque for one of the three events he’ll be competing in today, in addition to the dozens of events he’s attended in recent days despite the cold weather.

Florida’s governor has taken a more aggressive tone against Trump in recent weeks. In an interview on ABC this Sunday, he warned voters that Trump is running to solve his own problems, not the nation’s.

(with information from EFE)