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WOW: Cruz Tried To Broker Unity Ticket In Primaries, Rubio Turned It Down

Hank Berrien

For Marco Rubio fans, it might behoove you to know that he was more concerned with his own presidential prospects than stopping Donald Trump from getting the GOP nomination.

According to the new book Unprecedented: The Election that Changed Everything, written by CNN’s Thomas Lake with reporting from Jodi Enda, Susan Baer and CNN’s political team, prior to the Florida primary, Senator Mike Lee bought an airplane ticket to Miami at his own expense to meet Rubio and discuss the possibility of a Ted Cruz/Rubio unity team.

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