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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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To: Lisbon1940
"Solidity is ephemeral."

And it's temporary too!

21 posted on 12/02/2021 7:57:18 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: cotton1706
“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.”

There is only one way that I know for voters to put a stop to this kind of thing, if they want to put a stop to it: take a boot and kick some incumbent political fanny good and hard. Let them eat their peas standing up for about a week and maybe they can pay attention to what voters sent them to Washington to do in the first place.

22 posted on 12/02/2021 8:01:53 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: cotton1706
This article is gaslighting.

Look at some of the "recommended stories" on that site:

Kayleigh McEnany says she didn't lie in the White House briefing room because she went to Oxford, Harvard, and Georgetown and is a Christian

Trump asked a conservative group to take down ads highlighting JD Vance's Never-Trump past because he was worried it would somehow hurt his own popularity in Ohio: report

Trump’s Biggest Issue With Jan. 6 Is That Nobody Is Talking About His Rally’s Crowd Size


23 posted on 12/02/2021 8:02:43 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: cotton1706
Your Default Assumption Should Be That Everything Corporate Media Says Is A Lie
24 posted on 12/02/2021 8:16:12 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: cotton1706

Katie Britt=RINO! This Alabamian won’t vote for her. (Also, we need fewer women in politics. We don’t need to be emoting our way along when we have serious problems with encroaching Federal authoritarianism.)


25 posted on 12/02/2021 8:17:43 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yes, there are. I’m one.


26 posted on 12/02/2021 8:18:20 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: T Ruth
Your Default Assumption Should Be That Everything Corporate Media Says Is A Lie

This.

27 posted on 12/02/2021 8:42:46 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: backwoods-engineer

Then why aren’t you running?


28 posted on 12/02/2021 9:04:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: cotton1706

Britt is the designated swamprat RINO.

My preference is Mike Durant in this race. I know it’s a long shot, but he’s the only outsider running.


29 posted on 12/02/2021 9:12:53 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!!!!

Mo is a proven patriot who works very hard.

Who is the Broad that just has to come and spoil a good thing.

Darn some females.


30 posted on 12/02/2021 9:14:22 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: backwoods-engineer

I agree 1000 percent!!!


31 posted on 12/02/2021 9:16:14 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: unclebankster

“... they’ll rig the game for Trump in 2024 ...”

for Trump or against Trump?


32 posted on 12/03/2021 4:41:10 AM PST by KingLudd
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To: KingLudd

Crapo is up in ‘22. Deal with it Idaho.


33 posted on 12/03/2021 5:01:44 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: backwoods-engineer
Katie Britt=RINO!

Agreed. And the people supporting her proves that. I'm voting for Mo Brooks.

34 posted on 12/03/2021 5:20:19 AM PST by kosciusko51
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