In a Twitter appeal sent earlier this week, the Alabama Republican candidate for US Senate detailed the ups and down of his relationship with the former President.
"I had President Trump's endorsement at the beginning, but then Mitch McConnell spent millions on TV attacking me," wrote Brooks. "At that time, it looked like our campaign was going nowhere, and sadly, President Trump pulled his endorsement."
All the way back in April 2021, Trump officially endorsed Brooks' campaign for the open seat of retiring GOP Sen. Richard Shelby. "Few Republicans have as much COURAGE and FIGHT as Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks," said Trump at the time.
But then, despite the Trump endorsement, Brooks' campaign stalled out. And Trump, ever the frontrunner, walked away from the congressman in March of this year. "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,'" said Trump.
That was, of course, a smokescreen. While Brooks said earlier this year that there was no "legal" mechanism to reinstall Trump as president, he had long pushed false claims about the 2020 election. The real reason that Trump walked away from Brooks was that, in advance of the May 24 primary, it looked like Brooks had no chance to make a runoff election. And Trump didn't want to be tied to a loser.
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