Former President Donald Trump Wednesday withdrew his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks for Congress, accusing him of not supporting his false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
In a statement, Trump called the conservative congressman "woke" and cited comments made by Brooks at a rally in Cullman last August, where Brooks echoed Trump's false claims but told the crowd to "put that behind you" and look ahead to future elections.
"When I heard his statement, I said, 'Mo, you just blew the Election, and there’s nothing you can do about it,'" Trump said in the statement. "Very sad but, since he decided to go in another direction, so have I, and I am hereby withdrawing my endorsement of Mo Brooks for the Senate. I don’t think the great people of Alabama will disagree with me."
The decision, which Trump had telegraphed for months, could be a mortal blow to Brooks' Senate campaign, which had centered the former president's endorsement in its advertising. Recent polls have shown Brooks falling behind Republican candidates Mike Durant, the owner of a Huntsville engineering firm who was held captive in Somalia in 1993, and Katie Britt, the former president of CEO of the Business Council of Alabama.
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