Given Mo Brooks was beaten by such electoral titans as Luther Strange and Roy Moore last time he ran for the senate, I’m not convinced he’d win a primary. Though he’d obviously start as the favourite for name recognition if nothing else.
Nah, I think he could win now purely for having taken the last 4 years since his defeat to do nothing but further endear himself to "the God Emperor."
In any event, though, I don't think Brooks running is anywhere near assured, given that he chose his House seat over running against Jones last year. I think he might've only ran in 2017 because he didn't have to risk giving up his safe House seat & the perks thereof while doing so, so it was a "low-risk, high-reward" situation for him.
You think Trump’s influence in senate primaries will get bigger now that he’s out of office?
I think being a Trumpist is still the ticket to GOP downballot nominations for the time being.
Why do you think that?
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Because it's been made perfectly clear by literally everything happening in the GOP right now.
And how does that translate to primary election results?
Praise Trump, win primaries. Literally that simple. Greene. Boebert. Cawthorn. Tuberville.
All of those races happened when Trump was still president.
As the past month has made clear:
Most rank and file members of your party still regard Trump as a god practically
Ergo, they like candidates who sound like Trump and tie themselves to Trump
Ergo, they'll vote for candidates who meet that description
Ergo, non-incumbents who don't meet that description don't appeal to most members of your party
Ergo, non-trumpy candidates are likely to lose open primaries, whether you like it or not.
If trumpists weren't still dominant then we wouldn't see Nancy Mace doing an about face from being "done with Trump" to being back to the typical trumpist bullsh*t in two weeks. Or only ten house republicans voting to do something about that insane woman from north Georgia.
I understood that reference!
