{"id":1397092,"date":"2022-03-23T18:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397092"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:30:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:30:05","slug":"donald-trump-withdraws-endorsement-for-mo-brooks-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-withdraws-endorsement-for-mo-brooks-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Withdraws Endorsement for Mo Brooks in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-withdraws-endorsement-for-mo-brooks-in-alabama%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he had withdrawn his endorsement for Rep. Mo Brooks in the primary race for Alabama\u2019s U.S. Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>The former president said in a statement Brooks had made a \u201chorrible mistake\u201d by going \u201cwoke\u201d and asking voters to put the 2020 election behind them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf we forget, the Radical Left Democrats will continue to Cheat and Steal Elections,\u201d Trump argued.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks had a 44 point lead in the primary race, but Trump criticized him for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/22\/divisive-short-fingered-vulgarian-never-trumpers-comprise-tennessees-manny-sethi-entire-senior-campaign-staff\">hiring<\/a> a \u201cNever Trump\u201d campaign staff that encouraged him to stop talking about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery 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,\u201d Trump wrote in his statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">45: Since he decided to go in another direction, so have I, and I am hereby withdrawing my Endorsement of Mo Brooks for the Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNDHqC4pbh\">pic.twitter.com\/CNDHqC4pbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TayFromCA\/status\/1506604159016919040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alabama Republicans will vote on May 24 to choose a successor to replace retiring Sen. Richard Shelby.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shelby\u2019s former chief of staff Katie Britt is running to succeed her boss as well as Mike Durant a former Army pilot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A local news poll\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2022\/03\/22\/durant-leads-britt-with-brooks-distant-3rd-exclusive-new-gray-tvala-daily-news-poll\/\">released<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday showed Brooks in third place.<\/p>\n<p>Durant came in first place at 34.6 percent, Katie Britt at 28.4 percent, and Mo Brooks only had 16.1 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite an early lead, Brooks was hammered by millions of dollars of ads from his opponents and failed to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks was desperate to keep Trump\u2019s endorsement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/20\/alabama-u-s-senate-hopeful-mo-brooks-unveils-fire-mitch-mcconnell-pledge\/\">running<\/a> a campaign ad on Monday calling for Republicans to ditch Sen. Mitch McConnell as their Senate leader.<\/p>\n<p>But it was not enough to convince Trump, who announced his decision to release a new endorsement in the primary race soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he had withdrawn his endorsement for Rep. Mo Brooks in the primary race for Alabama\u2019s U.S. Senate seat. 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