WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump is adding his voice to the growing chorus of Republicans encouraging Marco Rubio to run for re-election to the Senate.
Trump derided Rubio as "Little Marco" on the presidential campaign trail and once remarked that the people of Florida couldn't stand him.
But now Trump says over Twitter that polling shows Rubio has the best chance of keeping his Senate seat in GOP hands, and that it's important for Republicans to keep their majority. "Run Marco!" Trump writes.
Rubio says he's "unlikely" to reconsider his plans to retire from the Senate, especially since a good friend of his, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez Cantera, is in the race.
But he acknowledges he's under pressure, with Senate leaders including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell weighing in to get him to run.
