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Even if Mo Brooks won he’d ‘absolutely consider’ stepping aside for Sessions to return to the Senate

By Philip Wegmann
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Even if Mo Brooks won he’d ‘absolutely consider’ stepping aside for Sessions to return to the Senate

Rep. Mo Brooks swore something akin to a blood oath last week and now the Alabama electorate wants to know if he’s serious.

Last week, Brooks promised to drop out of the special senate election to make way for Attorney General Jeff Sessions if the rest of the field, including incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, join the exodus. Asked by a local reporter if he’d drop out even after winning the primary, Brooks said “we will deal with that issue if it happens.”

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