Rep. Mo Brooks Says Trump Was Still Actively Inciting An Insurrection As Late As September 2021

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Donald Trump wants to prove that he is still a player in GQP primaries this year by selectively endorsing MAGA candidates that he thinks can win a primary.

He fucked up in Alabama, where his loyal lapdog Rep. Mo Brooks, one of the congressional leaders of the January 6 seditious insurrection, is trailing far behind competitors in the polls. So Donald Trump, who is loyal to no one (except maybe Valdimir Putin), threw Mo Brooks under the bus.

CNN reports, Donald Trump rescinds his endorsement of Mo Brooks in Alabama’s US Senate race:

Former President Donald Trump has yanked his endorsement from Alabama Senate hopeful Mo Brooks, promising to make a new endorsement in the race before the May 24 primary.

“Mo Brooks of Alabama made a horrible mistake recently when he went ‘woke’ and stated, referring to the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, ‘Put that behind you, put that behind you,'” Trump said in a statement on Wednesday.

Trump’s stunning decision to untether himself from a candidate who became the first Republican congressman to vote against certifying the 2020 election results on January 6, 2021, comes amid several dismissive comments that Brooks recently made about the election. Brooks was booed at a rally last August upon telling the crowd they should look beyond the last presidential contest. And in the last two weeks, he has publicly accused Trump of asking him to break the law by exploring ways to reinstall him as commander in chief.

Hell Hath No Furry Like A Cult Member Scorned

The always hot-headed Rep. Mo Brooks responded by retaliating against his “Dear Leader” cult leader, by making public admissions against interest that the January 6 Committee is going to want from him under oath and on the record.

Trump was still trying to incite an insurrection as late as September of last year.

CNN continues:

“President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election for the presidency. [That’s called an insurrection, or a coup d’etat if you prefer.] As a lawyer, I’ve repeatedly advised President Trump that January 6 was the final election contest verdict and neither the U.S. Constitution nor the U.S. Code permit what President Trump asks. Period,” Brooks continued.

Brooks later Wednesday told CNN that the former President had asked him to be a part of an effort to rescind the 2020 election in conversations that happened after September 1, 2021, “and multiple times.”

When asked if he would be willing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol he responded, “Have given it no thought.”

The committee has not [yet] asked Brooks for an interview or to hand over documents related to its investigation. [Why the hell not?] A committee spokesperson declined to comment.

MSNBC’s Vaugh Hillyard discussed his interview with Rep. Mo Brooks on All In With Chris Hayes.

In his response to Trump’s reversal, Brooks accused Trump of letting “Mitch McConnell manipulate him,” claiming the Senate Minority Leader and his allies have been plotting against him since the outset of his campaign.

Because you were a congressional leader of the seditious insurrection on January 6, 2021. Duh. A ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer, now banned by Twitter, said three GOP lawmakers helped plan his D.C. rally:

Ali Alexander, who organized the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he hatched the plan — coinciding with Congress’s vote to certify the electoral college votes — alongside three GOP lawmakers: Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) and Paul A. Gosar (Ariz.), all hard-line Trump supporters.

“We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting,” Alexander said in a since-deleted video on Periscope highlighted by the Project on Government Oversight, an investigative nonprofit. 

“Every single negative TV ad against our campaign has come from McConnell and his allies. I wish President Trump wouldn’t fall for McConnell’s ploys, but, once again, he has,” Brooks said.

Further defending himself after Trump claimed that he had gone “woke” on the 2020 election, Brooks trumpeted himself as “the only proven America First candidate” in the race for retiring Sen. Richard Shelby’s seat and “the only candidate who fought voter fraud and election theft when it counted, between November 3 and January 6.”

Though Trump has vowed to issue a different endorsement before the May 24 primary, Brooks does not seem inclined to exit the race. A source close to the congressman said he will stay despite Trump’s decision.

“There’s only one conservative option in this race, and I am confident that the people of Alabama will see that on Election Day,” he said.

The far-right Club for Growth PAC, a major ally of Brooks, also refused to join Trump in withdrawing its support. In its own statement, the group’s president David McIntosh said Brooks “is the only principled, pro-growth conservative in the race.”

Trump met with Army veteran Mike Durant at Mar-a-Lago on Monday to discuss the race and get a better feel for the candidate, according to a person familiar with the meeting. He had previously told aides he is skeptical of Durant, who received a major boost in the race in the form of spending by More Perfect Union, an outside group that has committed to supporting moderate candidates in red and blue races.

Trump also met with former Alabama Business Council president Katie Britt earlier this year amid his frustrations over Brooks’ lackluster performance. As CNN has previously reported, Trump has told allies he’s impressed with Britt’s fundraising and has taken a liking to her husband, Wesley Britt, who played for the New England Patriots.

Britt served as chief of staff to retiring Shelby.





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