Donald Trump has endorsed a range of Republican politicians heading into the primaries for November’s mid-term election with one of the earliest and most talked about being his endorsement of Mo Brooks. Brooks, who is an avid Trump supporter, currently stands for the GOP nomination in Alabama’s US senatorial race.
In April 2021, Trump signed his endorsement for Brooks. Trump pulled his endorsement in an extremely strange twist of events.
🚨PRINCE TRUMP SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN🚨
The strong endorsement by President Trump is an honour and a great honor. I ask all Americans who share our America First vision to heed and honor President Trump’s request by joining our campaign >> https://t.co/ADCPfMqXqL pic.twitter.com/LpvsDcSXoh
— Mo Brooks – Endorsed By President Trump 🇺🇸 (@MoBrooks) April 7, 2021
TRUMP: “I am hereby withdrawing my Endorsement of Mo Brooks” #ALSEN
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) March 23, 2022
Brooks was slammed for his sudden sexism. It seems that Brooks did nothing to earn such scorn, at least in regard to his own behavior. Brooks is still a strong Trump supporter, he’s still a conservative, and he hasn’t been caught up in any kind of scandal. I believe the two reasons are more significant than one.
According to The Hill, Trump was angry that Brooks wasn’t making his campaign center on the 2020 election.
“When I endorsed Mo Brooks, he took a 44-point lead and was unstoppable. He then hired a new campaign staff who ‘brilliantly’ convinced him to ‘stop talking about the 2020 Election,’” Trump said in a statement issued on Wednesday morning.
“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. Election Fraud must be captured and stopped, or we won’t have a Country anymore.”
Color me skeptical that’s the reason Trump suddenly decided to kick Brooks to the curb. Herschel Walker is not talking about the 2020 election much (if at all), and Trump isn’t pulling that endorsement. Numerous other candidates, such as Gregg Abbott or Marco Rubio have also been endorsed, but they are still endorsed by Trump. Why would anyone expect state-level candidates to spend an excessive amount of time on this topic?
Mo Brooks is likely to lose.
Brooks has been faring worse than Katie Britt or Mike Durant according to recent polls. The latter took a surprise lead in an Alabama survey. Britt had previously been to Trump’s house, prompting speculation about whether he is ready to give his endorsement. He also met withDurant in the past week. Whether he takes the chance of even getting involved with another candidate is anyone’s guess. Given the tight race, it is possible that he will choose to keep his distance and avoid endorsing another loser.
Whether it plays well or not, I’ll just state the obvious: It is weak-tea to pull an endorsement this late in the game based on supposed disagreements that happened many months ago. A endorsement must mean something. An endorsement should not be subject to revision once it becomes obvious that the candidate being endorsed is likely to lose. Trump is not going to bat a thousand with endorsements, and he shouldn’t try to force a perfect score because that just makes the record useless and fraudulent. Brooks’ endorsement was an error in Trump’s column. Accept that fact, and note all other wins. It’s better than trying to invent a reason to cast an endorser into the lake.
Again, if this was really about something Brooks said at an August 2021 rally (which is one of Trump’s cited reasons in his press release), then the endorsement should have been pulled right then, not over half a year later. To do it now, right as Brooks is looking at electoral doom, hurts the credibility of Trump’s endorsements.
This post was last modified on March 23, 2022 10:34 am
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