After Donald Trump’s dominating Super Tuesday performance‚ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Nikki Haley officially dropped out of the race Wednesday‚ securing Trump as the GOP nominee. WATCH: NOW – Nikki Haley quits campaign‚ congratulates Trump. pic.twitter.com/j7AOn682ij — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 6‚ 2024 “It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States. It should come as no surprise that‚ as nominee‚ he will have my support‚” McConnell said‚ according to NBC News. WATCH: Mitch McConnell endorses Trump for president pic.twitter.com/zWdEtl6pHF — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 6‚ 2024 NBC News reports: The Senate minority leader was the highest-profile Republican who had yet to endorse Trump. When asked repeatedly whether he would back the former president in recent months‚ McConnell demurred‚ telling reporters he would back the party’s eventual nominee. McConnell issued his endorsement shortly after former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley ended her campaign for the presidency. In his statement Wednesday‚ McConnell highlighted the “great things” he and Trump had accomplished during his presidency‚ including remaking the federal judiciary and installing three conservative justices on the Supreme Court. “I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people‚” he said. Mitch McConnell endorses President Trump pic.twitter.com/GIWxwo3uRA — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 6‚ 2024 The Associated Press called McConnell’s endorsement “a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for ‘disgraceful’ acts in the Jan. 6‚ 2021‚ Capitol attack.” BREAKING: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump for president‚ saying he "will have my support." https://t.co/hNyEYg8KBR — The Associated Press (@AP) March 6‚ 2024 From the Associated Press: The nod from McConnell‚ who has criticized Trump as “morally responsible” for the 2021 mob siege of the Capitol‚ lends an imprimatur of institutional legitimacy to the indicted former president’s bid to return to the White House. It comes after McConnell made his own sudden announcement last week he would step down after this term as leader‚ a position he has held longer than any other senator‚ and as he tries one more time to win back Republican control of the Senate‚ with Trump likely at the top of the GOP ticket. Trump now counts the GOP leaders in Congress‚ including Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans vying to replace McConnell as leader‚ as backing his bid for the White House. McConnell‚ of Kentucky‚ said he and Trump “worked together to accomplish great things for the American people.” While McConnell said early in the election cycle he would support the eventual Republican presidential nominee‚ his endorsement of Trump is a striking reunion for the two men‚ who have put political interests ahead of any personal displeasure with one another.