Rubio faces Trump-like challenger in primary

Only one person stands in the way of Marco Rubio emerging from August’s Senate primary victorious—and on paper, he looks a lot like Donald Trump.

Millionaire Carlos Beruff has endorsed Trump, he’s espoused some of the same controversial beliefs, they both have allies in Florida Gov. Rick Scott, and hasn’t been afraid to pour their millions into their bids.

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He doubled down on Trump’s Muslim immigration ban by calling to include “anybody from the Middle East” except Israel, long before Trump made a similar call. And received flack for referring to President Obama as an “animal.”

Beruff has relied on deep ties to Florida Gov. Rick Scott to help boost his campaign. The similarities are clear—Scott mounted his own out-of-nowhere bid for the governor’s mansion in 2010 running his own outsider, largely self-funded, bid.

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Scott sure knows how to pick friends….