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Jindal says he’d vote for Trump

by Jesse Byrnes - 05/03/16 4:52 PM ET

He was first to attack him from the debate stage now @BobbyJindal softening his tone, will support Trump if nominee https://t.co/0Nh4bxdJkq

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) May 3, 2016

Bobby Jindal said Tuesday that while Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is by no means his first choice for president, he’d vote for the controversial businessman over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“If he is the nominee, I will be voting for him, I will be supporting him,” Jindal, who also ran for president this cycle, said on CNN.

{mosads}The former Louisiana governor argued that under Trump, Republicans have a shot at repealing ObamaCare and putting a conservative justice on the Supreme Court, compared to their prospects with Clinton in the White House.

“I’m not happy about it. I don’t think he’s the best-qualified candidate. I don’t think he’s the one most likely to be successful, but I would vote for him over Hillary Clinton,” Jindal said.

Jindal was one of the most outspoken critics of Trump before ending his campaign in November, calling Trump “insecure,” “weak” and “dangerous” during a speech two months earlier.

Jindal, who in February endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, predicted on CNN that Trump would not “do a lot of the things that he’s said he’s going to do.”

“I don’t think he’s a conservative at heart,” Jindal remarked. “I don’t think he’s opposed to big government; I think he just wants to be the one running big government.”

Trump led in polls heading into Tuesday’s primary in Indiana, where he is hoping to pick up more delegates over chief rival Ted Cruz in his bid to clinch the nomination.

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