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'He has fought’: Fiorina endorses Cruz in Florida

Published March 09, 2016 FoxNews.com

Former 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina resurfaced on the campaign trail Wednesday to endorse Ted Cruz, touting the Texas senator’s conservative credentials and arguing he’s the only GOP candidate who can beat primary front-runner Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“He has fought for our religious liberty. He has fought for our sovereignty,” Fiorina said, before introducing Cruz at a campaign rally in Miami.

Fiorina, who dropped out of the 2016 race in February, called Cruz a “leader and a reformer” and took some shots at the primary front-runner in the process.

“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two sides of the same coin. They’re not going to reform the system. They are the system,” she said.

Her endorsement comes after Cruz walked away from Tuesday’s primary contests with just one win, in Idaho, compared with Trump’s three. The billionaire businessman won in Mississippi, Michigan and Hawaii, building his already substantial delegate lead over the field.

Florida, where Fiorina spoke, is among the five states set to vote next Tuesday and is one of the biggest battlegrounds.

Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive officer, said the argument that Cruz has made too many enemies on Capitol Hill only proves he is taking on the “Washington cartel.”

“You have a very important job on Tuesday,” said Fiorina, referring to Florida’s primary, where Cruz is running behind Trump. “It’s time to take the party back. It’s time to take our government back. It’s time to take the country back. So it’s time to unite behind the only one who can, Ted Cruz.”

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has only won two contests to date, has vowed to come from behind to win his home state next week, though he, too, trails in the polls.

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