Rep. Mo Brooks says Trump asked him to 'rescind the 2020 election,' remove Biden and call special election

[pecksniff]

Not only that, but he asked it in September 2021.

Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama on Wednesday said Donald Trump had asked him to "rescind" the 2020 presidential election, "remove" President Joe Biden from his office, "immediately put" Trump back in the White House and hold a new special presidential election.

Brooks said in a statement that he had drawn Trump's "ire" by telling the former president that his plan was not legal.

The congressman later told NBC News that Trump proposed the series of events to restore him to the presidency after Sept. 1, more than seven months after Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021.

Trump earlier Wednesday said he was withdrawing an endorsement of Brooks in May's GOP primary for one of Alabama's U.S. Senate seats.

Trump cited Brooks' call for Republicans to move on from the 2020 presidential election and to focus on winning races this year and in 2024.

 

[PaxNurgle]

Trump (and some of his followers) clearly do not understand how a free and democratic republic is supposed to work.

Or rather, they DO understand, but they clearly don't care. This is EXACTLY how democracies die. Kudos to Brooks, and all the rest, for standing up for freedom, liberty, and the ideals which the U.S. was founded on.

 

[pecksniff]

And, of course, as with anybody who resists him in any way, Trump has now turned against Brooks.

 

[Dribble]

This is not the last time you will witness Fascist behavior from the Fascist Republican Party. Get over it and realize this will not end well

 

[ll74]

Good thing Brooks reported this right away instead of waiting until he lost the endorsement. ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[pecksniff]

This is not the last time you will witness Fascist behavior from the Fascist Republican Party. Get over it and realize this will not end well

To Trump, it's all personal, not ideological.