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Senate Republicans quietly buck Trump in Alabama race
News.yahoo.com ^ | 12/2/21 | Natalie Allison

Posted on 12/02/2021 7:20:18 PM PST by cotton1706

No senator other than her former boss, Sen. Richard Shelby, has publicly endorsed Katie Britt yet. But she is quietly getting support from at least a half-dozen of Shelby’s Republican colleagues in her bid against Donald Trump’s pick in Alabama’s open Senate race.

Five Republican senators — Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) — have donated to Britt’s campaign from their leadership PACs. None of them have done so yet for GOP Rep. Mo Brooks, who Trump endorsed in April to replace the retiring Shelby (R-Ala.).

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a Trump ally who won his seat in 2020 with Trump’s backing, attended a Wednesday night D.C. fundraiser for Britt, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) who served as the event’s “special guest,” according to the invitation.

“I like Katie a lot,” Graham told POLITICO on Thursday, noting he has known Britt since she worked for Shelby, and eventually became the senator’s chief of staff.

“In a party trying to grow demographically and pull more women in the party, that'd be a good thing. The people of Alabama will figure that out.”

Brooks has “a strong profile in Alabama, but Katie's not giving an inch,” Graham added. “We'll see what happens."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: debfischer; elections; jiminhofe; joniernst; mikecrapo; natalieallison; richardshelby; rinos; shelleymoorecapito
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McConnell DOES NOT want Mo Brooks in HIS senate.

So the machinations have begun.

1 posted on 12/02/2021 7:20:19 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

No surprises. No particular concerns.


2 posted on 12/02/2021 7:22:26 PM PST by jimfree (My 19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: cotton1706

Mo Brooks will win


3 posted on 12/02/2021 7:22:58 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. ~ Sun Tzu )
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To: cotton1706

We know what Washington wants, what does Alabama want?


4 posted on 12/02/2021 7:24:19 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: cotton1706

So Tuberville is Pure GOPE .

Thought so.


5 posted on 12/02/2021 7:25:06 PM PST by ncalburt (they Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: ncalburt

Yep, the GOPe is on parade...

Slimeballs!


6 posted on 12/02/2021 7:26:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: cotton1706; All

Trump should point out that she wants to Shill for Mitch and hammer that message. She either distances herself from Mitch or lean into it in which case everyone should know to stay clear of her


7 posted on 12/02/2021 7:29:57 PM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: cotton1706
Brooks is a member of the Freedom Caucus.

That would put it over the top for me.

8 posted on 12/02/2021 7:30:05 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: McGavin999

To beat Georgia?


9 posted on 12/02/2021 7:30:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DoughtyOne

That’s because they think Trump is over. He needs to hold a rally in Alabama and then in South Carolina.


10 posted on 12/02/2021 7:30:48 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: cotton1706

There isn’t a single conservative in the state of Alabama? Personally, I wouldn’t want Brooks or Britt. At the end of the day, they will both be the same in the Senate.


11 posted on 12/02/2021 7:32:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: McGavin999

You may be right, but I think they are scared to death he
isn’t over.

I agree that a couple of massive rallies would certainly put
them on notice.


12 posted on 12/02/2021 7:32:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: cotton1706

Inhofe used to be solid. DC got to him.


13 posted on 12/02/2021 7:33:22 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: Fledermaus

Solidity is ephemeral.


14 posted on 12/02/2021 7:35:53 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: McGavin999

President Trump needs to hold a rally in Louisville and smash “Team Mitch” to smithereens! The Turtle needs to be dragged out of his shell and exposed as the leader of the swamp.


15 posted on 12/02/2021 7:36:35 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta is now a Dictatorship, there are no more “laws..”)
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To: ncalburt

That is why I refuse to donate to any republican candidate, until they have a track record. I donated to a lot of “tea party” Republicans, who immediately hitched their wagons to the establishment once they were in Washington. That won’t happen again.


16 posted on 12/02/2021 7:39:35 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: cotton1706

Surprised to see Inhofe and Ernst there.


17 posted on 12/02/2021 7:41:37 PM PST by sauropod (Meanie Butt Daddy - No you can't)
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To: cotton1706; fieldmarshaldj

Rumor is that Britt and Shelby have sexual relations.


18 posted on 12/02/2021 7:44:24 PM PST by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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To: nickcarraway

“There isn’t a single conservative in the state of Alabama? Personally, I wouldn’t want Brooks or Britt. At the end of the day, they will both be the same in the Senate.”

Bingo,

Well said, finally a person that understands that the American Establishment doesn’t care who you vote for.

They control your opposition candidates just as much as your establishment candidate.
It laughable😀

This is the real conservative.... No this is the real conservative... no this is the real conservative.
Around we go.

The facts are in the legislative history of the United States, regardless of party since 1788, the legislation passes.

Its been a rigged game since 1788 and they’ll rig the game for Trump in 2024.
Just Watch.


19 posted on 12/02/2021 7:47:56 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: cotton1706

Britt is the Assistant Democrat in the race.


20 posted on 12/02/2021 7:52:08 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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