“I had President Trump’s endorsement at first, but then Mitch McConnell spent millions on TV attacking me,” Brooks wrote. “At that time, it looked like our campaign was going nowhere, and unfortunately President Trump withdrew his endorsement.”
All of this is interesting! But not as interesting — or surprising — as Brooks’ decision to beg Trump for a new endorsement. Or the spin the congressman is putting on Trump’s decision to abandon him.
“I think President Trump knew what he was doing,” Brooks wrote. “He gave our campaign the kick in the pants we needed. He was like a football coach, grabbing us by the face mask and turning us on. Part of me wonders if he knew too that by pulling his approval he would lure old Mitch into thinking we couldn’t win and make Mitch stop attacking us.”
Oh, so that’s what Trump was doing! It was chess in four dimensions! It wasn’t that Trump wanted to get as far away as possible from what looked like a losing campaign. No, it was that Trump wanted to simultaneously a) send a wake-up call to Brooks’ campaign and b) throw McConnell off the scent that Brooks might return.
This rationalization is very much in line with a common line of thought among Trump’s most ardent supporters: that he’s some kind of omniscient political savant, constantly seeing five advances and always misunderstood by Democrats, the media and Republicans alike. the establishment.
It’s also ridiculous. There is no evidence to suggest that Trump was doing anything other than throw a loyal ally overboard because that ally looked like a loser. Trump operates on a purely transactional basis. If something is good for him, he does it. If that something goes wrong, it stops doing it. Simple.
Brooks’ call for a new endorsement shows just how utterly cowardly he is in his pursuit of the Republican nomination. Trump dumped him when he needed him most. Now he’s begging Trump to come back — “MAGA Nation, join me in asking President Trump to #ReEndorseMO!” Brooks writes – and claims it was all for his own good.
Outstanding.
cnn