Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House on Wednesday, getting behind his political foe as he locks up the Republican presidential nomination.
McConnell said it was “no surprise” that Trump will once again be the GOP nominee after he trounced former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday. His endorsement came hours after Haley, the last remaining challenger to Trump, dropped out of the presidential race.
“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in a statement. “It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support.”
While the top Senate Republican has long said he would always back the
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