Jeff Hurd

Trump called Hurd in the last 24 hours to let him know about the change, according to two of the people and another person also aware of the call.

In late February, Trump pulled his initial support for Hurd and backed opponent Hope Scheppelman, blasting Hurd as a “RINO” and citing “a lack of support, in particular for the unbelievably successful TARIFFS.”

The withdrawal of Trump’s initial endorsement came as the White House reeled from a Supreme Court decision that struck down Trump’s tariffs, in which two Trump-appointed conservative justices, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, voted to rebuke the president.

Earlier that month, Hurd joined five House Republicans and the chamber’s Democratic Caucus in backing a resolution to block Trump’s tariffs on Canada.

Scheppelman, who was running against Hurd in the Republican primary, is leaving the campaign trail to take on a job in the administration, Trump wrote.