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February 20, 2016                                                  

Marco Rubio wins Joe Wilson’s vote in GOP primary
By Emma Dumain
The Post and Courier
February 20, 2016
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Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has picked up more support from inside the South Carolina Congressional delegation.

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of Aiken told The Post and Courier Saturday afternoon he had cast a vote for the Florida Senator in the GOP primary.

“I believe (Rubio) is somebody who can bring a positive change, which is needed, to Washington,” Wilson, a Republican, explained. “I also appreciate his stand for strong national defense, and he’s very consistent we’ve got to have a strong national defense.”

He also said Rubio performed well at the most recent Republican presidential debate in Greenville.

“He said something from the heart,” Wilson said. “He said how grateful he is that, on 9/11, how fortunate we are that it was President George W. Bush, not President Al Gore.”

Wilson joins a handful of other prominent South Carolina elected officials to endorse Rubio -- fellow U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy of Spartanburg, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and Gov. Nikki Haley. Any establishment support for Rubio is significant at this point, when his ability to continue his campaign beyond South Carolina depends on how he fares Saturday night.

But Wlison suggested he wasn’t going to be a footsoldier for Rubio as Gowdy, Scott and Haley have been. He won’t be at Rubio headquarters to watch returns on Saturday night, saying he had a family birthday celebration to attend instead.
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