Rep. Mo Brooks
Morris (Mo) Jackson Brooks The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Back to the Future on Immigration, Afghanistan and Iran Ambitious House Lawmakers Seek Promotions The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Biden Delivers 100 Million Shots in 58 Days, Dose to the neighbors MORE (R-Wing.) Jump into the race to replace the Sen. Richard Shelby
Richard Craig ShelbyJohnson, Grassley’s indecision freezes major Senate races The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Biden delivers 100 million shots in 58 days, dose to neighbors Mo Brooks mocks Senate announcement with Stephen Miller MORE (R-Ala.).
Brooks, a six-term congressman, made the announcement at an event in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday evening Stephen Miller
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Donald Trump The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Back to the future on immigration, Afghanistan, Iran Juan Williams: Biden launches the script The Memo: Two months later, strong Biden faces sharp rises MORE who previously worked as an assistant to the former senator. Jeff Sessions
Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard Sessions: Mo Brooks mocks Senate announcement with Stephen Miller Tanden withdrawing nomination while Biden budget chief Manchin flexes muscle in Senate 50-50 MORE (R-Ala.).
“Today, for no doubt, I am announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate from the great state of Alabama,” Brooks said, mocking the fact that his announcement had been made clear long before take to the stage on Monday. Banners hung at the event in the evening read, “Mo Brooks Senate.”
In a fiery speech, Brooks painted an image of a society besieged by nefarious forces “within our country.” He repeatedly reiterated Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been “stolen” from Republicans and warned that the “Socialists” were quickly taking over, another favorite Trump talking point.
“We should have hopes of promise and a better future,” Brooks said. “But instead, looking at the policies that emanate from Washington, DC, there’s fear, there’s deep concern.”
“The electoral system of our republic … is under attack. In 2020, the United States suffered the worst electoral fraud and electoral theft in history. And all of America would know that if the media were not suppressing the truth as they are doing. “
Brooks had hinted at the launch of the campaign last week in a tweet triggering a “special announcement.” He is the second prominent Republican to enter the Republican Party Senate primaries in Alabama, joining Lynda Blanchard, Trump’s former ambassador to Slovenia.
Brooks has positioned himself as one of Trump’s strongest allies in the House, especially in the last months of his term in the White House, as he tried to reverse his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Brooks, whose district covers the Tennessee Valley in Alabama, gave a fiery speech at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the violent riot in the Capitol by a crowd of Trump supporters. . Just before the riot, Brooks urged those attending the rally to “start tearing down names and kicking ass.”
When he addressed a crowd in Huntsville minutes before Brooks could take the stage Monday, Miller declared the Alabama congressman as Trump’s biggest ally in the House.
“No one in the last four years has had President Trump’s back more than Mo Brooks,” Miller said. “But now, I need you to have your back. I need you to have Mo’s back. Your vote for Mo Brooks will allow him to continue America’s First Agenda.”
“The struggle to save the United States and save our country, our constitution and our freedom begins right here in Alabama and begins here with your support for Mo Brooks,” he added.
Shelby, who has represented Alabama in the Senate for more than three decades, announced last month that he would not seek re-election for a seventh term in 2022, joining several other GOP incumbents, including Sens. Richard Burr
Richard Mauze BurrJohnson, Grassley’s indecision freezes major Senate races. The two women who could “cancel” Trump’s Republicans should bounce back a lot by mid-2022, unless … MORE (NC), Pat Toomey
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Robert (Rob) Jones Portman Johnson, Grassley’s indecision freezes major Senate races Republicans will start rejecting in mid-2022, unless … Biden is increasingly pressured to name cybersecurity MORE (Ohio) i Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Blunt The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Back to the Future on Immigration, Afghanistan, Iran Johnson, Grassley’s indecision freezes key Senate Senate GOP races: GOP can’t “explain” Capitol attack MORE (Mo) in the presentation of retirement plans.
Several other potential candidates are weighing in a bid for the long-serving senator position in Alabama, including former Shelby cabinet chief Katie Boyd Britt, and Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. Rep. Gary Palmer
Gary James Palmer: Former Trump officials offer political office The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by TikTok – The trial in the Senate will have dramaturgy, but it’s no surprise it will end Shelby retirees out of GOP dispute for seat in the Alabama Senate MORE (R-Wing.) He is also seen as a potential candidate.
The main contest is still in its early stages, but given Alabama’s intense red character, the final candidate will be on its way to succeeding Shelby in the Senate.
Former Senator Doug Jones (D-Wing), who won a special election in 2017 to replace Sessions in the Senate, lost his first re-election nomination in November by more than 20 points. Trump also led the state in both 2016 and 2020 by more than 20 points.
In fact, Trump was in no state more popular than in Alabama, according to Morning Consult polls showing his most recent approval rating at 62 percent, while disapproval only stood at 34 percent.
The former president’s over-support suggests his endorsement could be decisive in the Republican Party Senate primaries, raising the possibility of bitter competition for Trump’s support.
Trump has yet to weigh in on the race. But Miller on Monday tried to make Brooks the only candidate in the field who could claim clear allegiance to the former president and his brand of ultra-conservative populism.
“The America First movement counts on you,” Miller said. “If you really want to put America first, last always … then you have to get your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, everyone you can find to vote for Mo Brooks.”
—Updated at 20:06