Chris Cillizza: Four reasons Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump

But dribbled-out information was not what Marco Rubio had in mind Friday in reference to Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, Trump received his first endorsement from a sitting member of Congress. Republican Representative Duncan Hunter of California confirmed he was officially endorsing Trump for the Republican nomination. Their raw feud flared in the last debate, when a newly aggressive Rubio went relentlessly after the billionaire, and it hasn’t subsided since.

With him gone from the race, now the establishment is panicking that Trump might seal the deal and they think Rubio is the best chance of stopping him.

Trump on Thursday night faced a barrage of new attacks from rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz during the final debate ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests, where large numbers of delegates are at stake.

But in a post on Twitter, Trump took aim at Rubio, a first-term senator, for his debate performance a day earlier.

Both Rubio and Cruz stepped up their attacks at the debate Thursday. “I lived it, my parents lived it, we are going to defend and fight for that to reach more people than ever before”, said Rubio.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered up the latest twist of the Republican presidential primary when he endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, one of us wrote. The first solid punches to land on Donald Trump.

Christie’s endorsement of Trump is unlikely to win over many voters, but it significantly dampens the anti-Trump message that had been emerging from within the party. And just a few weeks ago in New Hampshire, he dismissed Trump as not fit for the country’s top office describing him as a “carnival barker“, adding “we are not electing an entertainer in chief”. “I want to release my tax returns but I can’t do it until the audit is finished”. “For instance, I think the health care issue, where again Donald Trump basically kept saying the same thing over and over again”.

“I think it’s great news that he’s endorsing Donald Trump”, said Doherty, who represents a conservative district in northern New Jersey.

As for why she joined Trump’s campaign, Huckabee Sanders said Washington is being controlled by donors and special interests and believes Trump is the only presidential candidate who can go there and fix it. “He’s a nervous nelly”, Trump said.

“Here in ME, we have seen firsthand the burdens imposed by politicians who allow illegal immigrants to take advantage of our hardworking taxpayers”. The problem is, he is a choker, and once a choker, always a chocker (sic)!

Indeed, next week marks “Super Tuesday” – 13 states will vote or hold Caucuses – followed by several primaries in March and April. He even admits that he doesn’t know how he’d fund his campaign in a general election. In February alone, Trump-focused covers featured headlines such as “DEAD CLOWN WALKING” after Trump lost to Texas Sen. “It’s up to him to make his own decision about that sort of thing”.