Updated: June 1, 2016 Published: January 20, 2016
Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump and former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin during a campaign event at the Hansen Agricultural Student Learning Center in Ames, Iowa, Jan. 19, 2016. Palin endorsed Trump's campaign on Tuesday, providing him with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the states caucuses. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times)
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, endorsed Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday.
The endorsement provides Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state's caucuses.
"I'm proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president," Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.
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