Turns Out Mo Brooks Was Wearing Body Armor to Trump's Very Peaceful Jan. 6 Rally

[Gaugamela]

Source: Slate Magazine

Then, to prove his point about preparation, he revealed a new detail to me: that because of a tip he’d received about potential violence, he’d been wearing body armor at the very same Ellipse speech in which he encouraged rally attendees to “start taking down names and kicking ass.”

“I was warned on Monday that there might be risks associated with the next few days,” he said. “And as a consequence of those warnings, I did not go to my condo. Instead, I slept on the floor of my office. And when I gave my speech at the Ellipse, I was wearing body armor.

“That’s why I was wearing that nice little windbreaker,” he told me with a grin. “To cover up the body armor.”

Read more: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/mo-brooks-body-armor-jan-6-rally.html

[ProfessorGAC]

1. What Did He Know...

...& when did he know it?

[sheshe2]

3. Everything.

He knew exactly was was going to happen.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Wearing Body Armor...

...sure seems incriminating!

[sheshe2]

10. Slept on the floor of his office?

To scared to go home?

[global1]

7. And Who Gave Him This Information?.....nt

[sheshe2]

12. The Con?

Pretty sure he was wearing it as well. When have you seen him with a buttoned coat? Sure looked like he gained more pounds...of body armor.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. I'll love it if he gets a subpoena

That will wipe that stupid grin off his face

[getagrip_already]

5. he got one... it did.....

He had a first class pissy fit over the service that finally was able to deliver his court papers. This was eric slawell's (sp?) suit.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

8. True

And then if he gets one re the insurrection-even better

[ck4829]

4. That must be a very special kind of tourism when you're wearing kevlar

[GopherGal]

17. He just doesn't like the body contact of hugs

and needed the body armor to assure a tiny amount of personal space...

[Atticus]

9. But, isn't he one of those "good guys with a gun"? Weren't there a lot of other "good guys" in that

crowd?

What was he afraid of?

[SayItLoud]

11. Who gave him the "tip"....GYM JORDAN? NT

[George II]

13. Smocking gun!

[3catwoman3]

14. "...he told me with a grin."

Would that be a shit-eating grin?

[mucifer]

15. I hope the repubs live to regret not agreeing to the bipartisan investigation

Tho it really is bipartisan.

[chowder66]

16. He knew, he safely waited for the moment, then he stoked the fire. nt

[smb]

18. He's Gonna Need Armored Underwear On The Stand For When His Pants Catch Fire nt

[monkeyman1]

19. I hope NANCY DRAW'S THIS SHIT OUT UNTIL '22 . put republican's on notice!!!

[Bluethroughu]

20. He said way worse than kickin ass and taking names...

He asked the crowd if they would give up all their possessions and lives and asked them if they were willing to fight...he got them incredibly worked up.

His speech was a complete part of seditious conspiracy for the failed coup.

[Ahpook]

25. They stay JUST behind saying

exactly what they want to for legal reasons. They know it's just enough to get the rubes worked up and slobbering all over the place with a need to kill things.

Trumpers are a pawn in chess, and stupid enough to fall for it.

[Bluethroughu]

38. Yes, but I watched that day for hours and Mo was

Talking about blood, and all kinds of inciting crap. These people who are in our Congress that incited this, funded this, or organized this should be removed from office whether that be Congress or the Supreme court, and never able to even hold office of even the county dog catcher.

[Progressive Jones]

29. Personally, I believe that The Terror Trash were "ready to go", speech or no speech.

I hope the lives of these treasonous pieces of shit are a very hard, very horrific road until the day they die.
Constant public spot lighting and shaming should be the norm for years to come. Never let them forget what they are.

[Bluethroughu]

37. Agree.

It was reported most of the people at the insurrection were middle class or better. They wanted to throw away our democracy because they felt they were entitled to get what they want, at the expense of our country.

I think everyone who entered the building or fought past the barricades should do a minimum jail sentence.

If it had been un the early years of our country, they would have hanged, for what happened.

[DallasNE]

21. So Why Didn't Brooks Report This Tip To Law Enforcement?

Seems like he would have a duty to do that. One reason not to do that would be if it wasn't from a tip at all but from a planning session.

[gab13by13]

22. Let's take it one step at a time,

where did he get the body armor, who gave it to him?

[Hulk]

23. Such a party of trash.

I am so amazed at how the GQP has become such a soulless party of cowards and complete jackasses...boebert, green, brooks, roy, gohmert, gaetz, nunes...the list just goes on and on.

I would be so ashamed to belong to this cluster of clowns and complete idiots.

[sellitman]

24. Very Interesting!!!

Lot's of shit about to hit the fan.

[thenelm1]

26. Hey, doesn't every speaker wear body armor to a peaceful rally of supporters? n/t

[Turbineguy]

27. Looking to get

kissed.

[riversedge]

28. "I was warned on Monday that there might be risks associated with the next few days," he said.

So, damn. Apparently Mo did not warn his fellow Senators and other staff and workers at the Capitol!

[drray23]

31. he is not a senator. He is a house rep. nt.

[usaf-vet]

30. WHY? Was he expecting and rowdy session of Congress? Insults from both sides of the isle?

[DallasNE]

32. So Did Brooks Report This Tip To Law Enforcement

And if not, why not? Indeed, if he did not then we are not likely talking about a tip but rather inside information and the consequences of that.

[riversedge]

33. X is not a xxxx: he/she is a bad person.......

We could go on and on.


Replying to
@TimRyan
Laura Ingram is not a journalist, she is a bad person.

Kelvin McCarthy is not a rep, he is a bad person.

M.T. Greene is not an ambitious politician, she is a bad person.

Donald Trump is not a leader, he is a bad person.

Osama Bin Laden was not a rebel, he was a bad person.

Link to tweet

?s=20

Link to tweet

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[LymphocyteLover]

34. WHAT an EVIL asshole

[Bengus81]

35. Well well Mo....looks like you knew all about what was to go down

[tonekat]

36. And if he knew,

others knew and I hope they all show up to testify, and if they have to be dragged in wearing shackles, so much better.

[lagomorph777]

39. Why do these idiots confess their crimes in public fora?