March 04, 2016 08:25 AM UTC

Cory Gardner Goes Full "Con Man"

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• by: Colorado Pols

Reid Epstein of the Wall Street Journal was in Detroit, Michigan last night for the Republican Presidential dick joke exchange debate, and he ran across Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) afterward in the “spin room” (Gardner is a vocal surrogate for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio).

Epstein had to ask “Con Man Cory” seven times if he would back Donald Trump if His Hairness is the eventual Republican Presidential nominee. Seven. Times.

Here’s the full exchange, as reported by Epstein:

The Wall Street Journal: Will you support Donald Trump if he is the Republican nominee?

Cory Gardner: Look, I think to support anybody other than Marco Rubio is being defeatist. I support Marco Rubio.

WSJ: If Donald Trump wins, would you support whoever the party nominates?

Mr. Gardner: I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals. What I’m going to engage in tonight is making sure Marco Rubio is the nominee for this country.

WSJ: So you’re not going to say whether you’re support Donald Trump if he’s the nominee?

Mr. Gardner: I don’t think Donald Trump is going to be our nominee.

WSJ: Will you support the Republican nominee?

Mr. Gardner: I think Republicans are going to do better than Hillary Clinton any time of the day.

WSJ: Will you support the Republican nominee?

Mr. Gardner: The Republican nominee will do better than Hillary Clinton any day, and I’ll support the Republican nominee. But here’s the bottom line, I don’t believe Donald Trump will be the nominee. To say that we should engage in some hypothetical about “will I vote for Trump” that’s defeatist. I’m not going to be a defeatist.

WSJ: But Donald Trump is the front-runner. He has the most delegates.

Mr. Gardner: He’s nowhere near the 1,237 that he needs. Seventy percent of the delegates are still up for grabs right now. We’ve got a long slog. Look, Marco Rubio built from the very beginning a 50-state strategy. He’s the only candidate who built a 50-state strategy and that’s what we’re going to do.

WSJ: Is there a reason you won’t say, “I will support Donald Trump if he’s the nominee?” Your candidate said that tonight.

Mr. Gardner: What I know is, I will support the Republican nominee. If you’re concerned that Donald Trump is not going to be the Republican nominee because he runs as a third party, I think you’ve gotten your answer.

Ladies and gentlemen…“Con Man” Cory Gardner!!! Can you imagine sitting down for lunch with this guy and waiting for him to order something?