Firebrand Congressman Mo Brooks, a Trump ally, launches U.S. Senate run

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

MARCH 22, 20213:37 PMUPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

By Reuters Staff

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama, a close ally of former President Donald Trump who helped lead a Republican effort to challenge the 2020 presidential election results in Congress, announced on Monday he will run for U.S. Senate in 2022.

The staunch conservative launched his campaign at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama, where he was joined by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller.

Brooks previously said he had spoken to Trump about a possible Senate run. An endorsement from Trump, who easily won Alabama over President Joe Biden in November’s presidential election, would likely make Brooks the favorite in the race to replace the retiring Republican Senator Richard Shelby, 86.

Miller, the chief architect of Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies, has ties to Alabama, having served as a top adviser to the state’s longtime former U.S. senator, Jeff Sessions.




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[BumRushDaShow]

1. He should be locked up for fomenting an insurrection.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Lunatic is the proper pronoun, not firebrand /nt

[turbinetree]

3. Fuck him and that GD horse he rides on, he supported an insurrection and sedition

and billboards should be put up to remind people he does not support the CONSTITUTION............

[lagomorph777]

4. Anti-American bastard.

[Red Mountain]

5. I wonder if Republicans actually like Miller

or if they find him to be as creepy as most Democrats do.

[ancianita]

6. Unopposed in his 5th Dist the last few cycles, he's named in Eric Swalwell's lawsuit.

I hope that suit gets ruled on this year so that Brooks can't run on grievance politics.

[BlueStater]

7. He wants to join his fellow traitors Cruz and Hawley in the Senate.

No chance we pick up this seat, but I can at least hope this seditious shitheel loses in the primary.

[Polybius]

8. This is not good

He's favored to win the nomination, and will likely win the general too.

[BlueNProud]

9. Dummerville and Brooks repping in the Senate are what Bama deserves.

Good luck with that.