Watchdog asks for investigation into whether Rep. Mo Brooks incited riot with rally speech
Source: The Hill
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 01/11/21 08:41 AM EST
The liberal watchdog group Campaign for Accountability on Monday called for the Office of Congressional Ethics to open an investigation into whether Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) incited Wednesdays deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol with a speech he made prior to rioters breaching the building.
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Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass," Brooks said, adding, Our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes and sometimes their lives to give us, their descendants, an America that is the greatest nation in world history." He then asked the audience if they were willing to do the same.
The nonprofit watchdog cites Brookss comments in the letter, saying that it was "hardly surprising" that a mob of listeners responded to these comments by storming the Capitol.
In light of these inflammatory calls for violent action, it is hardly surprising that listeners responded by descending on the U.S. Capitol and began to riot using force to storm the building and prevent the Congress from carrying out its duty to count the Electoral College votes, the letter states.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533596-watchdog-asks-for-investigation-into-whether-rep-mo-brooks-incited-riot-with

d_r
(6,908 posts)Turns around and says it was "Fascist ANTIFAs". - he is like a five year old instantly trying to blame someone else.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)...and the political and legal ass-kicking is forthcoming.
Botany
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