'Bizarre interaction' with Trump considered apology for betrayal: ex-GOP candidate

A former Republican congressman revealed how he received a near-apology from Donald Trump for possibly costing him and the Republican Party a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Mo Brooks published an op-ed Tuesday for AL.com describing how he overcame his distaste for Trump and his "character flaws," made plain in his "dishonest" personal attacks on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his family during the 2016 campaign, to seek his endorsement in a special election the following year to fill the Senate vacated...