How Trump’s endorsement flip-flop roiled the U.S. Senate race in Alabama
and raged over the congressman’s suggestion that voters “look forward” to 2022 and 2024, eventually issuing an endorsement for Britt.The flip-flop and its aftermath show how Trump’s freewheeling endorsement strategy in the midterms has at times scrambled the Republican battle lines, forcing
Waiting in line for a picture with Brooks at the event, Steve Henderson said he used to think Trump would help the Republican Party by running for president in 2024. But after the reversal in the Senate race, the 60-year-old said, he is not so sure.“People had more passion for Trump in the beginning,” echoed Sara Williamson, 76, who was waiting behind Henderson. “It’s like a marriage. You’re passionate in the beginning, then things go wrong. When things get heated, what comes out?” she said.
the former president could hurt the congressman in the runoff. But the ups and downs of the Republican primary have also undercut the notion of Trump as party kingmaker. Hughes and others noted that Britt has stayed away from statements that could anger Trump and alienate his supporters, even as she appeals to voters who look on Trump unfavorably. “It’d be another thing if Britt was on the campaign trail, you know, really critical of Trump,” said Hughes, who directed recent polling on the Alabama Senate race. “But she’s not.
Boosted by millions in campaign spending, much of it from groups with ties to Shelby and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , Britt has pitched herself as a fresh face with Christian and conservative values. Her campaign ads focus on issues such as inflation and border security and take aim at the Biden administration.On the day Trump endorsed her, Britt tweeted, “President Trump knows that Alabamians are sick and tired of failed, do-nothing career politicians.
Jerry Duke, 66, declined to criticize Trump on Friday, even as he voiced “disappointed” in the former president’s handling of the endorsement. “MAGA is not owned by Trump,” he said at the Brooks event.Trump has said he broke with Brooks over the congressman’s comments at a rally in Alabama last August where Brooks got booed for trying to look beyond the election grievances. “There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud election theft of 2020,” he said.
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