Donald Trump has an ally in the adamant representative from Alabama Mo Brooks (R-AL). POTUS retweeted the member of Congress’ interview with The Breitbart News. In it, Brooks appears to be as overzealous as the president in trying to throw the presidential election to Trump by any means.
The lame-duck president continued his fight via tweet:
‘Tremendous evidence pouring in on voter fraud. There has never been anything like this in our Country!’
Once again, note the softball Twitter warnings:
! This claim about election fraud is disputed
The Alabama congressman vowed to avoid the GOP “surrender caucus.” Brooks added that he needed one US Senator to challenge the Electoral College vote, too, for the challenge to succeed. He told Breitbart News:
‘Mo Brooks: ‘Trump Won the Electoral College‘ — I Can Be a Part of the ‘Surrender Caucus‘ or I Can Fight for Our Country breitbart.com/clips/2020/12/ via @BreitbartNews’
‘! This claim about election fraud is disputed’
Brooks also appeared with FBN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight to talk about his struggle to challenge the Electoral College:
‘Well, it’s happened many times in the past. Apparently, some folks have not done their history. By way of example, the Democrats in the House tried it in 2017 when they tried to strike Alabama’s votes for Donald Trump. Georgia, the same way, the House Democrats tried to strike it. Barbara Boxer tried to strike Ohio for George Bush back in 2005, so this is not unusual. The law is very clear, the House of Representatives in combination with the United States Senate has the lawful authority to accept or reject Electoral College vote submissions from states that have such flawed election systems that they’re not worthy of our trust.’
Brooks continued, saying that “lawful votes” by “eligible American citizens” should be counted:
‘And in this instance, with what has happened nationally, I’m quite confident that if we only counted lawful votes cast by eligible American citizens, Donald Trump won the Electoral College, and we should not be counting illegal votes and putting in an illegitimate President of the United States.’
Then, the Alabama congressman added:
‘Well, where we’re headed as a country is this, quite simply, we’re a Republic, and the bedrock of a Republic is an honest and accurate voting system. And if you don’t have an honest and accurate voting system, then you may as well throw out the claim that you’re a Republic. You’ve lost that right. You’ve lost the control of your government, and under those circumstances, those who can steal the most votes, who can engage in the most voter fraud and get away with it are going to be the ones that rule the roost in Washington, D.C. That’s not what our founding fathers wanted. That’s not what a million or so Americans who have lost their lives in wars wanted, giving us this Republic, this democracy where we could control our own fate and our own destiny.’
Brook concluded, noting that his choice was “sit back and surrender and be a part of the surrender caucus or fight:”
‘So I have a choice, I can either sit back and surrender and be a part of the surrender caucus, or I can fight for our country. And that’s what I’m going to do. So on January 6, I’m going to object to the submissions of Electoral College votes from various states that, in my judgment, have such flawed election systems that their vote counts are unworthy of our ratification in the United States Congress. What I need is a United States Senator who will join me. If we have a House member and a senator, then by golly, that forces a House vote and a floor vote on whether to accept this systematically flawed election system or to reject it. I want to reject it so that we can have an honest and fair and accurate election.’
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Let’s check in with Mitch McConnell pic.twitter.com/DiUkiYkvfg
— Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) December 15, 2020
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