In the statement, Brooks attacked critics who have accused him of inciting the mob with his speech, in which he exhorted the crowd to “start taking down names and kicking ass.”
“[T]his entire smear campaign is about intimidating, censoring and suppressing the ability of American citizens to fight at the ballot box the efforts of Socialist Democrats to seize control of the United States of America,” Brooks said in the statement, invoking both Martin Luther King Jr. and the Gospel of John in his defense.
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Brooks went on to claim that the rioters “did a great disservice to our cause and America” and “destroy[ing] two months of debate and work. His statement was titled Congressman Mo Brooks Rebuts Vicious & Scurrilous Fake News Media and Socialist Democrat Attacks.