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[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I see he figured it out. Finally.

The mob of pro-Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were “fools” who wrecked efforts by Republicans in Congress to debate baseless allegations of “voter fraud and election theft,” said U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who is now running for a Senate seat.

“They did more to hurt the Republican Party and our efforts for honest and accurate elections than anybody could have, even those who would’ve followed a script written by the Democratic Party,” Brooks said Friday during a conversation with AL.com ahead of a “Stand Up Alabama” rally at 4 p.m. today in Spanish Fort where he will be the keynote speaker. Brooks is one of two Republicans who have announced their candidacy for the Senate in 2022. Also running is Lynda Blanchard, the former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia under former President Donald Trump.

“We were going to have a debate on the House and Senate floors about voter fraud and election theft and that message, those facts, did not get out through the news media,” he said. “The news media was absorbed by the attack on the United States Capitol.”

Brooks added, “So that whole day we were working months toward was just blown to pieces by those fools who attacked the United States Capitol.”

Brooks was the first member in the U.S. House to publicly say in December he would challenge the 2020 election results on January 6, citing unproven allegations of widespread voter fraud that he and other Republicans said could have overturned the election result. More than 60 lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign were tossed out by judges, and the U.S. Supreme Court twice refused to take up Trump-supported cases to challenge the results.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm assuming they edited the "baseless allegations of" into his speech?

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

even those who would’ve followed a script written by the Democratic Party

he is letting the cat out of the bag, but nobody will notice