GOP Rep. Mo Brooks admits he wore ‘physique armor’ to the Trump rally on January 6 as a result of he was ‘tipped off’ about dangers
- Republican Rep. Mo Brooks stated in an interview this week that he wore ‘physique armor’ to former President Donald Trump’s rally on January 6
- ‘I slept on the ground of my workplace. And after I gave my speech on the Ellipse, I used to be sporting physique armor,’ Brooks advised Slate
- He did not specify who warned him or what ‘threat’ he had been warned about previous to the ‘Save America’ rally, which occurred within the hours earlier than the Capitol riot
- Brooks additionally stated he believed the rioters stormed Capitol Hill as a result of they have been offended over COVID-19 restrictions or believed the election to be stolen
- He advised Slate he additionally believed that some had ‘an excellent love and respect for President Trump’
- ‘It could be that a few of them have been simply militant anarchists and noticed this as a chance to infiltrate an in any other case peaceable protest and switch it right into a riot’
- Brooks stated he did not watch testimony this week from the Home choose committee on January 6 saying its goal is to ‘create political propaganda’
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks stated in an interview this week that he wore ‘physique armor’ to former President Donald Trump’s rally on January 6 as a result of he had been ‘warned’ of potential violence.
‘I used to be warned on Monday that there could be dangers related to the following few days,’ he told Slate for an interview printed Wednesday night time. ‘And as a consequence of these warnings, I didn’t go to my condominium. As an alternative, I slept on the ground of my workplace. And after I gave my speech on the Ellipse, I used to be sporting physique armor.’
Brooks, a Republican from Alabama, did not specify who warned him or what ‘threat’ he had been warned about.
Rep. Mo Brooks advised Slate this week that he was sporting ‘physique armor’ underneath the yellow jacket he wore to former President Donald Trump’s ‘Save America’ rally on January 6 as a result of he had been ‘warned’ about threats
Brooks, an Alabama Republican, stated rioters stormed the Capitol as a result of they have been upset over COVID-19 protocols, thought the election had been stolen or had ‘an excellent love and respect for President Trump’
He spoke of the clothes he sported to Trump’s ‘Save America’ rally that day, which occurred previous to the MAGA assault on Capitol Hill.
‘Thats why I used to be sporting that good little windbreaker,’ the congressman stated. ‘To cowl up the physique armor.’
Brooks additionally advised Slate that the individuals who stormed the Capitol most likely had a ‘half-dozen totally different motivations that affected individuals in various levels.’
One, he famous, was ‘monetary losses suffered due to the federal government’s response to COVID-19.’
One other was ‘the idea that there was important voter fraud and election theft exercise.’
And yet one more was ‘an excellent love and respect for President Trump.’
He added that, ‘It could be that a few of them have been simply militant anarchists and noticed this as a chance to infiltrate an in any other case peaceable protest and switch it right into a riot.’
This week on the Home choose committee on January sixth’s first Congressional listening to, officers who responded to the MAGA riot testified in regards to the brutality they confronted and the name-calling, together with the N-word being shouted at a black officer.
On the ‘Save America’ rally, Brooks inspired attendees to ‘begin taking names and kicking a**.’
Brooks advised Slate he did not watch Tuesday’s listening to.
‘The aim of that committee is to not discern the reality,’ he stated. ‘The aim is to create political propaganda that could be used within the elections in 2022 and maybe 2024.’
