Todd Rokita Reiterates Support From Leaders Of Indiana Trump Campaign

Drew Daudelin

Former Indiana Trump Campaign Chairman Rex Early, left, says Rokita’s Republican opponents are only backing Trump to win the election, and haven’t shown support in the past. (Photo by Drew Daudelin)

Republican Senate candidate and current U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita held an event Monday to showcase endorsements from leaders of the 2016 Indiana Trump campaign. It isn’t the first time the support was made public, but the event is emblematic of the primary race’s latest focus – aligning with President Donald Trump.

Todd Rokita sat at a table lined with three “Make America Great Again” hats. Behind him stood a life-sized cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump.

All three Republican candidates align themselves with Trump. But former Indiana Trump Campaign Chairman Rex Early says Rokita’s opponents – Luke Messer and Mike Braun – just want to win the election and haven’t shown support in the past.

Rokita supported the president after the primary, though he originally backed Marco Rubio and once criticized Trump for being “vulgar.”

Tony Samuel, vice-chairman of the Indiana Trump campaign, says it’s a matter of timing.

“Everyone picks somebody early on, and that was fine,” Samuel says. "But when you continue to criticize the President after the primary, after the nomination was sewn up, then you’re doing it for your own political gain."

Samuel and Early have endorsed Rokita before. They sent a letter recommending the candidate to voters last year.

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