NASHVILLE – Yet another Tennessee establishment Republican politician is lining up behind GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio in advance of the Super Tuesday primary.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has endorsed Rubio, a fellow U.S. senator from Florida and plans to appear with Rubio along with Gov. Bill Haslam, who previously endorsed Rubio last week and is appearing in a Rubio ad.
“Marco Rubio is the conservative candidate who can inspire us, win the election, and lead our country,” Haslam said in a statement released by the Rubio campaign. “The stakes are high. If our nominee does not win, Hillary Clinton’s justices will control the Supreme Court for 30 years and we’ll be stuck with Obamacare forever.”
Alexander said in his statement that he has “watched Marco up close. I have seen him take the lead in passing new laws to impose tough new sanctions on Hezbollah terrorists, and to get rid of incompetent managers who weren’t doing their jobs to help veterans.”
Alexander said Rubio has also proposed “good new ideas for giving students more options for college. I am convinced he would be a strong and effective president of the United States.”