Fight! Fight! Fight!
Trump and his once-preferred candidates are turning on each other, and we all win.
That meme isn’t perfect. It needs a much bigger bowl of popcorn. (It gets my weight just about right, though.)
On Wednesday, Trump released an angry statement rescinding his endorsement for Brooks as he campaigns for the Senate. Brooks’ poll numbers have been cratering in recent weeks, and Trump claimed its because he and Brooks had a rally together where Brooks suggested that the GOP should move on from the 2020 election. Trump, meanwhile, is still pushing his false claim that the election was “rigged” and fraudulent.
Brooks has drawn a great deal of mockery over his failed attempts to get back in Trump’s good graces. But now, the Alabama congressman is making a break from the former president. NBC’s Allan Smith obtained a statement from Brooks, which criticizes the ex-president for falling victim to a “ploy” from McConnell. Brooks goes on to doubling down about the GOP’s need to move on from the 2020 election, the claims “Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately rem…
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