Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hire veteran pollster Tony Fabrizio, a source close to the Trump campaign confirmed to NBC News.
Trump's hiring of Fabrizio is a significant departure from the candidate's past statements decrying pollsters and dismissing the need for polling to guide his campaign.
“I don't want to waste money on pollsters,” Trump told NBC News’ Chuck Todd in August. “We have enough of that in Washington with pollsters telling everybody what to say and everybody being controlled by the special interests, and the lobbyists, et cetera, and the donors."
Fabrizio most recently worked on Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign and Florida Gov. Rick Scott's campaign.
