GOP Senator Who Once Called Trump A ‘Buffoon’ Now Says He’ll Vote For Him

Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., holds up a letter he wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking that she consider waiving "Obamacare" for the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, as she test... Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., holds up a letter he wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking that she consider waiving "Obamacare" for the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, as she testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the difficulties plaguing the debut of the healthcare program, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Despite his initial hesitation, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is now officially on the Trump train, according to Colorado newspaper The Gazette.

During a fundraising event Friday for the Colorado Republican Party, Gardner told supporters that he feels it’s important to elect Republicans on every part of the ticket, including the top.

“That’s why I’m voting Republican up and down the ticket. A Republican president will make a difference, even a Republican president named Donald Trump,” Gardner said, according to the report.

While his statement of support for Trump was lukewarm, it’s a far cry from his feud with the GOP nominee, in which he called Trump “a buffoon” and his war of Twitter words following the Colorado GOP convention, which Trump said had been rigged:

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  1. Rocky Mountain High?

    Nope, just a spineless GOP’er…

  2. Well, it really makes sense because buffoons support one another.

  3. Still can’t believe Udall lost to this guy. Why the hell did Udall focus all of his negative advertising on abortion? That’d just galvanize the voters in Colorado Springs and turn off the swing voters.

  4. “That’s why I’m voting Republican up and down the ticket. A Republican president will make a difference, even a Republican president named Donald Trump,”

    Man, with endorsements like that rolling in along side Ayotte struggling to say she will vote for him, but hates everything about him…

    …how can he possibly lose?

  5. Here’s what you get from a swing state, off year, election when nobody votes!

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