After long wait, Mario Díaz-Balart endorses Donald Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : I wholeheartedly endorse Donald Trump to be our next President.
72% : The support from Díaz-Balart also comes when it seems almost impossible for anyone but Trump to win the nomination.
61% : The dean of Florida's congressional delegation is endorsing Donald Trump for President.
60% : Both U.S. Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio endorsed Trump before the Iowa caucuses.
54% : Trump already beat Haley in the New Hampshire Primary and leads in polling ahead of the South Carolina Primary in Haley's home state.
51% : The only other Republican in the delegation to endorse a candidate other than Trump has been U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee.
46% : That leaves U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, a Coral Gables Republican, as the sole Republican in the delegation not to back a presidential favorite in the ongoing GOP Primary -- and indeed not to endorse Trump.
43% : After the Florida Governor suspended his campaign, Lee shifted her allegiance to Trump.
39% : That leaves Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina Governor and ambassador to the United Nations, as the only major Republican challenging the former President for the 2024 nomination.
18% : Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race after coming in behind Trump in the Iowa caucuses.

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