Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., said Wednesday that he is endorsing presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“I’m going to officially endorse Donald Trump, it’s time,” the retired Navy SEAL commander said on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning.
“As a former SEAL, we need a commander in chief that’ll put the troops first, and national security interests first before raising money for the Clinton Foundation, or mishandling classified information, or Benghazi, and the list goes on,” he added. “We need a commander in chief who puts our interests first and Donald Trump will be that commander in chief.”
Zinke said Trump “stuck out” to him because of his nonpolitically correct rhetoric.
“[I]n order to get ahead and face the challenges we do, we need to have a dialogue of critical thinking and not hide behind terminology and be so politically correct,” Zinke explained, adding that Trump differs from the political leaders today in Washington that “get nothing done.”
“As a businessman, he will not accept business as usual in Washington, D.C.,” Zinke explained.
We need a Commander in Chief who puts troops first & that’s @realDonaldTrump – Today I’m endorsing Trump for President of the United States
— Ryan Zinke (@RyanZinke) May 25, 2016
According to Zinke, he doesn’t support Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton because of Benghazi and her putting “the military second.”
The congressman, who served as a Navy SEAL from 1986 to 2008, will campaign in Billings, Mont., on Thursday with Trump.
