Though he’s shied away from campaigning with Donald Trump, former presidential candidate Marco Rubio will be appearing with Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, an aide to the Indiana governor told ABC News.
Scheduling is still being worked out, but the two plan to begin campaigning together in the battleground state of Florida in the next few weeks, said the aide. Pence and Rubio have also regularly chatted over the phone.
Campaigning with Rubio would be the latest in a series of moves that Pence has made to mend bridges within the party and rally Republicans behind their presidential nominee. In his first month as Trump’s running mate, Pence has met privately with John McCain and Jeb Bush. He’s also reached out to John Kasich and Ted Cruz.
Earlier this year, Trump and Rubio faced off in a fiery Republican primary during which Trump called Rubio “Little Marco” and the Florida senator mocked Trump’s “small hands.”
Eventually losing his home state to Trump in a landslide, Rubio said he would support the Republican nominee but later said he still didn’t think Trump could be trusted with nuclear codes. Rubio added he planned to keep Trump in check in the Senate.
Rubio also said he didn't plan on making any personal appearances with Trump.
"Not that I'm looking to undermine him, but I think the differences between us on key issues are so significant that I don't plan -- I've got to run my own race," Rubio said on CNN in June.
He was even reluctant to attend the Republican National Convention, opting instead to address his party via video.
“Marco had planned to go to the convention before he decided to seek re-election. Since Marco got into the race late, he will be in Florida campaigning and meeting with voters instead of going to Ohio," Rubio spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas explained in early July.
The latest NBC/WSJ/Marist poll has Clinton at 44% in Florida, and Trump at 39.
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