Rep. Mo Brooks is eager to get back inDonald Trump’s good graces.
The congressman, who is running for U.S. Senate in Alabama’s Republican primary runoff,asked Trump supporters on Twitterto help him win back the former president’s approval — and even created a hashtag for the effort.
“Mo Brooks of Alabama made a horrible mistake recently when he went ‘woke’ and stated, referring to the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, ‘Put that behind you, put that behind you,’ despite the fact that the Election was rife with fraud and irregularities,“Trump said in a statementannouncing he’d revoked the endorsement.
Brooksfinished second in the May primary behind Katie Britt, whoearned 44.7 percent of the votewhile the congressman only got 29.2 percent. A runoff is required if no candidate earns 50 percent of the vote.
“My Alabama Senate primary is in a couple weeks against establishment RINO Katie Britt,” Brooks said of his opponent, using an acronym for one of Trump’s favorite insults: “Republican in name only.”
“But then a funny thing happened: Mitch McConnell quit attacking us, our campaign SURGED and we made it into the runoff,” he continued.
Brooks also speculated that Trump’s un-endorsement may have been a strategy to get McConnell to back off from supporting Britt. “Whether that was the plan or not, it worked and we made it into the runoff,” Brooks said.
“With President Trump’s endorsement, WE CANNOT LOSE,” Brooks wrote in his tweet. “I am the MAGA candidate. I am the Trump candidate. I am the only candidate who will fight for the America First agenda.”
The coveted Trump endorsement hasbeen a factorin the 2022 primary season for Republicans, though itis no guarantee of victory.
A Britt spokespersontoldThe Washington Post, it “appears that Congressman Brooks' poor performance in the polls has led him to this new level of desperation, but it’s especially interesting given his frequent flip-flopping.”
source: people.com
