Had an exchange with Mo Brooks just now where I asked him if he regrets speaking at the rally that led to the mob attack at the Capitol. “I did my duty for my country,” he told me.
Asked about his “kicking ass” comment, Brooks pushed back.
Asked about his “kicking ass” comment, Brooks pushed back.
“Did you see this sentence right before? You guys have done a great disservice to our country by distorting the truth,” Brooks said
This is his sentence before from last week: “But let’s be clear, regardless of today’s outcome, the 2022 and 2024 elections are right around the corner, and America does not need and cannot stand, cannot tolerate any more weakling, cowering, wimpy Republican Congressman...
... and Senators who covet the power and prestige the swamp has to offer while groveling at the feet and the knees of the special interest masters. As such, today is important in another way, today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
Some Republicans are open to censuring Brooks and others for their role, including Rep. Steve Womack who told me he would support a censure resolution of Brooks.
h/t: @DJJudd for checking the tape on Brooks’ remarks from last week. I didn’t get a chance to follow up with Brooks as he walked onto an elevator
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