President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in his re-election bid for the 5th Congressional Seat representing North Alabama, the congressman announced this morning.

Brooks said at a press conference this morning in Huntsville that he was a Trump supporter, despite what his opponent in the race has said.

Trump called him on Tuesday to say that he was giving his support, Brooks said. According to a statement Brooks handed out Trump said: "Mo Brooks is a fighter! He fought by my side to secure our border, rebuild our military, cut our taxes, repeal ObamaCare, and build the wall!"

Brooks is facing Huntsville businessman and Iraq veteran Clayton Hinchman in the GOP primary next Tuesday.

Brooks is seeking a fifth term in Congress representing north Alabama.

Alabama congressman Mo Brooks press conference Wednesday May 30th. President Trump endorses Mo Brooks. Posted by al.com on Wednesday, May 30, 2018

"Yesterday, President Trump called me from Air Force One to personally tell me he is endorsing me in this Republican primary election," Brooks said. "Listen to the message President Trump wants me to share with you that explains why he endorses Mo Brooks for re-election to Congress."

Brooks then read a message he attributed to Trump.

"Mo Brooks is a fighter! He fought by my side to secure our border, rebuild our military, cut your taxes, repeal Obamacare and build the wall! He supports my Make America Great Again agenda. We need more people like Mo Brooks in Congress. Vote for Mo Brooks for Congress."

Asked following the press conference if Trump would be making any ads or robocalls on his behalf, Brooks said there would probably be "some follow-up."

Brooks said that according to polling data he received on Tuesday night, he has a 30-point lead over Hinchman. Given that advantage, Brooks was asked why Trump's endorsement was significant.

"To set the record straight," Brooks said. "It's as simple as that."

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That record, Brooks said, is to counter attack ads that linger from last year's U.S. Senate campaign by Luther Strange and the political action committee close to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as well as those run in the congressional campaign by Hinchman.

"Luther Strange and Mitch McConnell and now Clayton Hinchman have all run attack ads that they know are designed to give the public the impression that Donald Trump and I right now don't get along," Brooks said. "Each of those people know those attack ads are false because each of those people know that I wrote a $2,500 check to help Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

"That's more than Luther Strange or Clayton Hinchman did. President Trump, thankfully, he knows how much I have supported him in Washington, D.C., on the Make America Great Again agenda. And he does not want to lose a rock-solid conservative that he can count on in the face of tremendous pressure from the establishment wing of the Republican Party to do the wrong thing."

Hinchman has aired radio ads in his campaign with sound bytes from Brooks criticizing Trump. Those comments, Brooks said, were made during the presidential campaign when the congressman was chairing the Alabama campaign for presidential candidate Ted Cruz.

"Those are all in the Republican (presidential) primary (in 2016)," Brooks said. "And if you recall, the presidential primary, there were some pretty strong things that all of the candidates were saying and all the campaigns were saying. And that's the norm. The key is for everybody to come together after the primary is over with and that's what I did -- as evidence by the $2,500 check I wrote to help Donald Trump win and beat Hillary Clinton."

Updated today, May 30, 2018, at 12:47 p.m. with new information throughout.