Republican voters in Alabama are set to resolve a high-profile feud in MAGA world tonight. The GOP Senate primary runoff pits Mo Brooks, one of Trump’s most loyal acolytes, against Katie Britt, the candidate Trump actually endorsed.
Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt talks to supporters during her watch party, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. | Butch Dill/AP PhotoRepublican voters in Alabama were set to resolve a high-profile feud in MAGA world on Tuesday, casting votes in the Republican Senate primary runoff between one of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal acolytes, and the candidate who has his current endorsement.
Amy Kremer, chair of Women for America First, a key organizer for Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 rally, who traveled to Alabama to assist the Brooks campaign in recent days, has remained committed to Brooks despite Trump’s decision to rescind his endorsement. Even after Trump put his weight behind Britt in the runoff — and as public and internal polling has shown Brooks’ prospects as weak — top conservative commentators like Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin and Charlie Kirk declared their support for Brooks up to the final day of the campaign. Kirk, Sen. Rand Paul , Reps. Scott Perry , Mark Green and Chip Roy and Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward spent Monday night on a tele-town hall in support of Brooks, as Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep.
Paul has remained a steadfast supporter of Brooks, visiting the state on Friday to campaign for the congressman. He told callers to at Monday night tele-town hall that Trump has “made some big whopper mistakes.” Britt is the preferred candidate of Sen. Mitch McConnell , a Trump nemesis, while Brooks is an adversary of the Senate minority leader. Adding to Britt’s significant spending advantage in the race was at least $2 million from the McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, which gave to a pro-Britt super PAC. SLF said its involvement was part of an anti-Brooks effort.
The former president of the Business Council of Alabama, Britt has veered right as the campaign progressed, including unveiling her own restrictive immigration plan and criticizing Congress’ spending on Ukraine aid, something Shelby — and Brooks, for that matter — voted last month to support.
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