TV star Chuck Norris on Monday made an endorsement in the Alabama Senate GOP primary, backing a controversial former judge who once was removed from his seat for refusing to take down a monument of the Ten Commandments.

The “Walker, Texas Ranger” star threw his support behind former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, saying Moore is “tough, tested and has a spine of steel," according to local CBS affiliate WKRG.

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“The Washington establishment knows they won’t be able to count on him, but Alabama voters can,” Norris said. “Judge Moore has never backed down from standing for what is right, and that’s exactly what he’ll do in the U.S Senate. That’s why the Washington establishment is spending millions trying to defeat Judge Moore.”

Norris, a longtime Republican who was born in Oklahoma and lives in Texas, has endorsed other Republican candidates in the past, including the presidential campaigns of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).

Moore is currently leading in the polls in Alabama, with 30 percent support in a new survey Monday. Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) trails him at 22 percent, followed by Rep. Mo Brooks Morris (Mo) Jackson BrooksOvernight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says MORE (R-Ala.) with 19 percent. The Aug. 15 primary is for a special election to serve out the remainder Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE's term; Strange, Alabama's former attorney general, was appointed by then-Gov. Robert Bentley (R) upon Sessions's confirmation earlier this year.

In 2003, Moore was removed as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court when he refused to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from a judicial building despite a federal court's order.