The Alabama congressman who lost the former president's endorsement after he argued against relitigating the 2020 election will face off against Trump's preferred candidate in a primary.
The congressman spoke at a news conference on Capitol Hill.
After neither candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary, they will face off in a second round of voting.
Less than two weeks ago, she was endorsed by Trump, giving her campaign a boost in a state that Trump won by 25 points in 2020.
In deeply conservative Alabama, the Republican nominee will likely have an advantage over the Democrat in the Senate race.
Trump has used his endorsements to target Republicans who opposed his voter fraud claims. The person doesn't fall into this category He told Trump supporters on the morning of the Capitol riot to "start taking down names and kicking ass" and as recently as two weeks ago, he still baselessly insisted. The congressman told voters last year to put the 2020 election behind them. Since that snub, Brooks has still cast himself as a conservative and called himself the only one in the race.
The endorsement record of Trump so far this year is mixed. In competitive Republican Senate primaries in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada, candidates backed by the former president won. Georgia's incumbent governor, secretary of state and attorney general all won their Republican primaries last month, avoiding Trump's attempts to oust them.
The GOP congressman claims that Trump asked him to let go of the presidency.
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