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How Rubio navigated Trump as he's favored to keep his seat
CNN
Six years ago, Sen. Marco Rubio offered a blunt warning about the "reckless and dangerous" Donald Trump: He would do "damage to America."
"We have a con artist as the frontrunner in the Republican Party," said Rubio, a Florida Republican, as he saw Trump steamroll his way to the GOP presidential nomination.
But as he now seeks a third term representing Trump's adopted home state, Rubio's tune has markedly changed.
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