This GOP senator has endorsed, un-endorsed, and then re-endorsed Trump in just 5 months

Just weeks after rescinding his endorsement, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) is already back on Team Trump. Crapo said Monday that he will be voting for Donald Trump — if only to prevent Hillary Clinton from winning the White House.

Crapo initially endorsed Trump back in May, embracing the GOP nominee's plans for a "very strong and aggressive protection of the border."

But after the release earlier this month of comments Trump made about women in 2005, in which he appears to brag about sexually assaulting women, Crapo was one of many Republican leaders to announce he could "no longer endorse" the Republican nominee. On Oct. 8, Crapo, who The Associated Press noted has "spent more than 20 years working on domestic violence protections," had this to say about Trump:

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But apparently, Crapo thinks Clinton would be worse than a man who, as he put it, has repeatedly displayed behavior "inconsistent with protecting women from abusive, disparaging treatment." Crapo had urged Trump to step aside to allow vice presidential nominee Mike Pence to top the ticket after the graphic comments were leaked, but as Trump remains the nominee, the Idaho senator said he would cast a ballot for Trump to protect the Supreme Court.