Rep. Mo Brooks on Incendiary Jan. 6th Speech: Trump Made Me Do It
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) only wants to face the good kind of consequences for his comments the morning of the January 6th riot at the Capitol.
The MAGA-friendly representative is basing his campaign for Senate in Alabama around his unequivocal support of Trump, including the false idea that he won the election last November, but he’s had to temper his devotion to the former president in the face of a lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) alleging that Brooks’ speech at the “Save America Rally” on January 6th helped incite the insurrection.
In a July 2nd court filing, Brooks claimed he can’t be sued for his comments the morning of the insurrection because they were made in the course of his duties as a federal employee, and that challenging the outcome of the election “represented the interests of his constituency.” Brooks also attempted to pin some of the blame on Trump, arguing that the only reason he spoke at the rally was because the White House asked him to make an appearance. “But for the White House request, Brooks would have not appeared at the Ellipse rally,” the filing read, also noting that Brooks’ office and the White House reached an agreement about the “parameters” of the speech in question.
Regardless of who devised its parameters, Brooks’ speech included a fiery call for the crowd of Trump supporters gathered at the Ellipse that morning to “start taking down names and kicking ass.” Brooks also noted how “our ancestors” sacrificed their “blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes, and sometimes their lives” before asking the audience if they were “willing to do the same.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rep-mo-brooks-incendiary-jan-213657188.html
More BS from the party of personal responsibility.
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