Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted Benghazi Committee chairman Congressman Trey Gowdy for backing Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
Reuters reported that Trump accused Gowdy of backing Rubio in the Congress Sunday. The Republican front-runner aggravated the Congressman who is heading the investigation on the 2012 Benghazi attack where four Americans were killed. Hillary Clinton was able to avoid criticisms back in October on how she handled the attack when she was secretary of state.
The Business Insider wrote that Trump rapped Gowdy in an interview Sunday, saying, "His hearings were a disaster. Everybody was looking forward to something that was going to be really productive. And he didn't win with those hearings. It was a total not-good for Republicans and for the country." Trump went on saying he hopes Gowdy will do better for Rubio than he did for the Benghazi hearing.
According to the International Business Times, Rubio's team announced Saturday that Gowdy would back him up in Iowa. Gowdy in a statement said that Marco is a solid conservative and a trustworthy leader. He said he is looking forward to campaigning for him in Iowa. Gowdy already introduced the presidential candidate at campaign events in South Carolina earlier this month.
Trump said, "I've been seeing on Twitter many, many people extremely angry about the whole thing. Because, you know, Marco's been very strong for amnesty and very weak at the border. And a lot of people are very upset with Trey Gowdy for doing that."
The announcement of Gowdy's support for Rubio comes after South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham dropped out of the presidential race. In the latest polls by certain media outlets, Rubio only ranks third on with 10 percent support. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is second with 18 percent, and Trump leads with 39 percent.
Even with Trump's criticism against Gowdy, the Congressman's support would definitely boost Rubio's standing.
