Back in early 2016 , the Alabama GOP congressman said there were "hundreds of things" that would keep him from backing Trump. Though he didn't receive Trump's endorsement the first time he ran for the Senate in 2017, Brooks was one of the former President's staunchest allies in the House. That all paid off for Brooks, when he received Trump's endorsement for Senate in April 2021 -- only to see it revoked nearly a year later . Still, Brooks managed to advance out of the May 24 GOP Senate primary to a runoff next week against Katie Britt, a former aide to retiring Sen. Richard Shelby. And it is, of course, easy for Brooks to publicly say this now, when he is no longer in Trump's good graces.

Source: CNN June 17, 2022 04:38 UTC