reported that house republicans led by mo brooks of alabama were meeting with the white house about ways to overturn the election results. again, not a secret. not doing this behind closed doors. in politico. and congressman brooks wasn t really like sneaky about this. you may remember that he said this in the rally on stage leading up to the insurrection on january 6th. we are not going to let them continue to corrupt our elections. and steal from us our god given right to control our nation s destiny. today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass! he just said it there in public. quite loudly. into the microphone. now congressman brooks has since tried to distance himself to the events of january 6th, but he admitted to wearing body armor to that speech. perhaps a sign he was concerned the day s proceedings might not
colleagues investigating because it looks like you were encouraging this mob to use threats of physical force to overturn the results of the election. now in the wake of the attack on the capitol and donald trump s second impeachment for his involvement in inciting it, there were calls for these pro-insurrection members of congress to be removed from office. just based on what was known publicly on the tweets, the things they said and the meetings they took, those calls for them to be expelled are intensifying again today. and that comes in response to that new reporting from the rolling stone. again, being transparent. the reporting has not been confirmed by nbc news. it s based on multiple anonymous sources, but it s precipitated these renewed calls by members of congress because it alleges that a number of their sitting colleagues and staff, including representative boebart, hawthorne and brooks as well as marjorie taylor greene and mark meadows communicated with the