| | Meantime, Trump gained a Florida endorsement from [[Marco Rubio]].{{Cquote|Donald Trump has a special interest in embarrassing Ron DeSantis in his home state of Florida, and on the eve of the Iowa caucuses he landed one more prize: the endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio, who ran against Trump in 2016 and lost badly to him in the state's GOP primary, follows Sen. Rick Scott, who backed Trump in early November. Trump had been annoyed that it took Rubio this long, people close to him say, but he'll take the win. The former president, whose legal residence is in Palm Beach, also has the bulk of Florida's U.S. House members on his side<ref>https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iowa-caucus-republican-primary-2024/card/trump-s-florida-push-gets-another-boost-IsM310GjI9wRELUYzbaJ</ref>}} | | Meantime, Trump gained a Florida endorsement from [[Marco Rubio]].{{Cquote|Donald Trump has a special interest in embarrassing Ron DeSantis in his home state of Florida, and on the eve of the Iowa caucuses he landed one more prize: the endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio, who ran against Trump in 2016 and lost badly to him in the state's GOP primary, follows Sen. Rick Scott, who backed Trump in early November. Trump had been annoyed that it took Rubio this long, people close to him say, but he'll take the win. The former president, whose legal residence is in Palm Beach, also has the bulk of Florida's U.S. House members on his side<ref>https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iowa-caucus-republican-primary-2024/card/trump-s-florida-push-gets-another-boost-IsM310GjI9wRELUYzbaJ</ref>}} |