The Florida politician who wasted hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars by unsuccessfully trying to stop equal marriage has endorsed Donald Trump.
Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi was a fierce opponent of same-sex marriage until the very end, claiming in a legal brief that “disrupting Florida’s existing marriage laws would impose significant public harm”, and would cause “significant financial and logistical problems”.
“Today I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States of America.”
She added: “I always listen to my mum and my mum is with Donald Trump and so am I!”
According to pro-Trump website Breitbart, a statement from Mr Trump said: “It is my great honour to receive the endorsement from a leader as highly respected as Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“I love the people of Florida, where over the years, I have invested my time, hundreds of millions of dollars and employed thousands of people.
“Pam is one of the many individuals I have formed a great relationship with and I am very proud to receive her support.”
The endorsement threatens to open old wounds, however – Ms Bondi faced questions in 2013 when she declined to take up a case against Trump University.
Critics noted at the time that Mr Trump appeared to have donated $25,000 to a committee associated with Bondi’s campaign around the time of the decision, though both deny wrongdoing.
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