Two months after Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement, the Alabama congressman could very well advance to a Senate runoff
was left for dead by former President Donald Trump. Now, the Republican congressman running for Senate in Alabama is surging.
A Britt-Brooks runoff could end up pushing Trump to endorse a candidate in Britt with strong establishment ties over his initial pick in the race — a congressman who not only championed Trump’s disproven election fraud narrative, but is actively campaigning on a “Fire McConnell” platform. Lathan, who volunteered as co-chair of Brooks’ campaign after remaining neutral in the state’s last two open-seat Senate elections, said Brooks has the “gold standard voting record for the Republican Party, in every category.”
Brooks’ involvement in trying to overturn the 2020 election results — culminating in Brooks speaking at the president’s Jan. 6, 2021 rally just prior to the storming of the Capitol — has loomed over the race since the start. While it helped win Trump’s endorsement, Brooks didn’t go far enough in the defeated former president’s eyes.
“He is back from the dead,” said Steve Bannon, a former Trump strategist who now hosts the conservative “War Room” program. “It’s a great comeback he’s had, but a big part of that is Durant’s collapse.” Britt’s ties to establishment Republicans have prevented her from consolidating much of Brooks’ support. And Durant, who refused to participate in debates, has been attacked for being backed by a super PAC with loose ties to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.
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