Rep. Mo Brooks
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Brooks, a six-term congressman, announced the announcement Monday night at an event in his hometown of Huntsville, Ala. Stephen Miller
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“For the avoidance of doubt, today I am announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate from the great state of Alabama,” Brooks said, joking that his announcement was made clear long before he took the stage on Monday. Banners hung at the event earlier in the evening read “Mo Brooks Senate.”
In a fiery speech, Brooks sketched a picture of a society under siege by nefarious forces “in our country.” He repeatedly called out Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election had been ‘stolen’ from Republicans, and warned that ‘socialists’ would soon take over – another Trump favorite.
“We must have hope for promise and a better future,” said Brooks. “But instead, looking at Washington, DC’s policies, there is fear, there is deep concern.”
“Our republic’s electoral system … is under attack. In 2020, America suffered the worst voter fraud and electoral theft in history. And all of America would know that if the news media didn’t suppress the truth the way they do. “
Brooks had hinted at the launch of the campaign last week in a tweet teasing a ‘special announcement’. He is the second prominent Republican to join the GOP primary senate in Alabama, joining Lynda Blanchard, Trump’s former ambassador to Slovenia.
Brooks has positioned himself as one of Trump’s closest allies in the House, especially in the closing months of his White House tenure, as he tried to reverse his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Brooks, whose district spans Alabama’s Tennessee Valley, delivered a fiery speech at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the violent riot at the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. Just before that riot, Brooks urged rally-goers to “start shooting names and kicking.”
Miller addressed a crowd in Huntsville minutes before Brooks took the stage on Monday, naming the Alabama Congressman as Trump’s greatest ally in the House.
“No one in the past four years has had President Trump’s back more than Mo Brooks,” Miller said. ‘But now you have to support him. I need you to get Mo back. Voting for Mo Brooks will allow him to continue the America First Agenda. “
“The fight to save America and to save our country, our constitution and our freedom begins 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 be seeking reelection for a seventh term in 2022, joining several other established GOP members, including Sens. Richard Burr
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Several other potential candidates weigh up a bid for the longtime senator’s seat in Alabama, including Shelby’s former Chief of Staff Katie Boyd Britt and Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. Rep. Gary Palmer
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The primary contest is still in its infancy, but given Alabama’s scarlet nature, the final nominee will be on track to succeed Shelby in the Senate.
Former Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Who won a special election in 2017 to replace Sessions in the Senate, lost his first reelection bid in November by more than 20 points. Trump carried the state by more than 20 points in both 2016 and 2020.
In fact, Trump was not more popular in any state than in Alabama, according to Morning Consult polls showing his most recent approval score there at 62 percent, while disapproval was only 34 percent.
The former president’s extraordinary support suggests that his approval could be decisive in the GOP Senate primaries, opening up the possibility of bitter competition for Trump’s support.
Trump has not yet considered the race. But Miller tried on Monday to eject Brooks as the only candidate in the field who could claim clear allegiance to the former president and his kind of ultra-conservative populism.
“The America First movement is counting on you,” Miller said. “If you really want to put America first, always last … then you have to get your friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, anyone you can find to vote for Mo Brooks.”
– Updated at 8:06 PM