{"id":1121,"date":"2022-11-14T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2022-11-14T20:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:00:22","slug":"alabama-congressman-goes-scorched-earth-on-trump-while-endorsing-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/alabama-congressman-goes-scorched-earth-on-trump-while-endorsing-desantis\/njackson\/2022\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Congressman Goes Scorched Earth on Trump While Endorsing DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Outgoing Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks refused to hold anything back while discussing former President Donald Trump during an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooks, who is retiring from politics at the end of his term, tore into Trump throughout the interview with AL.com making it clear he believes the former president is morally bankrupt. The outgoing Alabama lawmaker was once considered a staunch supporter of the 45th President and in 2020 played a role in pushing Trump\u2019s allegations the presidential election was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt would be a bad mistake for the Republicans to have Donald Trump as their nominee in 2024. Donald Trump has proven himself to be dishonest, disloyal, incompetent, crude and a lot of other things that alienate so many independents and Republicans,\u201d Brooks told the local outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven a candidate who campaigns from his basement can beat him,\u201d Brooks added, parroting a common right-wing barb directed at President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 campaign. \u201cIt\u2019s just the way it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI did not fight for Donald Trump after the 2020 election,\u201d Brooks also told<\/a> Paul Gattis<\/strong> of Al.com. \u201cI fought for election integrity. Donald Trump just happened to be the beneficiary of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeep in mind 2016 when I said he was dishonest, you cannot trust a single word that he says and I have never recanted that. No question, I am displeased with Donald Trump. But that does not change the truthfulness of what I say. I challenge anybody to make the argument that you can trust the word of Donald Trump,\u201d the conservative Republican added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Brooks received and then lost Trump\u2019s endorsement in Alabama\u2019s GOP primary for the U.S. Senate. Brooks eventually lost to Katie Britt who went on to win the Senate seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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