Why it matters: Trump initially backed Brooks, but then withdrew his support after a spokesman told his supporters during a rally in August to stop questioning the 2020 election results and “leave it behind.” .
Trump claimed in his removal that Brooks had “woken up”. Trump endorsed Katie Britt, the former chief of staff of retired Sen. Richard Selby (R-Ala.) On Friday night, saying she was “an incredible fighter for the people of Alabama.”
What they say: “This is strange: the last time Donald Trump talked about Katie Britt, he said he was not qualified for the Senate,” Brooks tweeted Friday night.
“Donald Trump is the only man in American politics who could be fooled by Mitch McConnell twice in a race for the Alabama Senate,” he added. “Let’s face it: Trump supports the wrong people sometimes. He backed Mitt Romney, John McCain and now he backed Katie Britt, whom his own son, Don Jr., called ‘Liz Cheney of Alabama.’ “The Alabama base remembers 2017 when Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell ran in the Alabama by-elections – and we rejected them. The people of Alabama will decide.”
The other side: Brit retorted on Friday night, saying: “President Trump knows that the people of Alabama are sick and tired of failed career politicians doing nothing.” The big picture: Brooks at one point was an ardent supporter of Trump and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Brooks opposed the certification of President Biden’s election victory and also helped organize the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Capitol uprising. After Trump withdrew his support for Brooks, the spokesman claimed that Trump had asked him to help “remove Joe Biden from the White House, bring President Trump back to the White House immediately, and hold new special presidential elections.” ». Trump denied the allegations, saying: “I did not ask him to do it. He is not able to do it. I certainly did not ask him to do it.”
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