Mo Brooks: Voters can send ‘huge message’

Published 11:56 am Monday, August 14, 2017

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks says voters can send a “huge message” to the U.S. Senate establishment by defeating the candidate backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Brooks on Monday did a blitz of campaign stops and media interviews to rally votes ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary.

He is challenging Sen. Luther Strange. Strange is backed by a super political action committee tied to McConnell.

Brooks said it would send “chills down the spine” of McConnell for the race to end up in a runoff between him and Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Brooks said he is the candidate with the strongest voting record in support of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Brooks said he, unlike Strange, supports Trump’s request to change Senate filibuster rules that make it easier for Democrats to defeat legislation.