Mo Brooks' ever-changing Jan. 6 story

[Arkansas Granny]

In a court filing last Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks laid blame, at least partly, on former President Donald Trump for Brooks’ fiery speech at a Jan. 6 rally, at which Brooks told the crowd it was time to “take names and kick ass.” The filing claimed Brooks would not have been speaking at the rally if not for Trump’s invitation and said the content of the speech was cleared by the White House.

That filing came in response to a lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell against Brooks and three others, including Trump, for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection that resulted in five deaths — including the death of a Capitol Police officer — and saw lawmakers fleeing for their lives as rioters roamed through the House and Senate chambers and rummaged through lawmakers’ offices.

Thanks to his speech, his involvement in the planning of the Trump rally and his insistence on pushing the “Big Lie” claim of massive voting fraud, Brooks has been a central figure in the national outrage over what was one of the ugliest scenes in the history of the country.

Brooks has run from the heat, offering an ever-changing list of excuses and explanations and blaming an odd assortment of people. Here’s how his story has shifted and changed over the past six months.

https://www.alreporter.com/2021/07/07/mo-brooks-ever-changing-jan-6-story/

This is starting to sound like "the dog ate my homework" defense. Keep digging, Mo.

[Wounded Bear]

1. La prevarication du jour, I presume...

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. His home state paper...

Nicely done.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. APR is an independent political Web site, not connected to al.com ...

al.com publishes four papers in AL, including the Huntsville Times, Brooks' hometown paper. The Times has a mix of left- and right-wing commentators, to appeal to a broad audience, and covers sports more than politics -- again, that's what their subscribers prefer. APR is a much-needed adjunct to the traditional AL press, and delves deeper into politics (but no football, so most Alabamians have never heard of it).

(Not to put down the fact that al.com's leftish commentators have won Pulitzers, something its conservative columnists can only dream of.)

Just to avoid confusion.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Thank you!

Good information. The column referenced here about Brooks is very well written.

[vanlassie]

3. It's really staggering how many full grown men

seem to have the stunted emotional and behavioral maturity of a pre-teen.

[The Magistrate]

4. Reads Like Consciousness Of Guilt, Ma'am

A man telling the truth tells only one story.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Right you are, Sir. You only have to remember the truth once.

[struggle4progress]

5. "You can't blame me because the guy, whose whole idea it was, personally invited me

to give that stupid and inflammatory speech to help excite the mob to go smash up the Capitol, so it's obvious I'm completely off the hook"

[marble falls]

7. The rest of the article is great, too ...

My favorite paragraph regarding Mo's six different and contradictory "excuses" ...

"But one thing is for sure: Mo Brooks wants you to know that the Jan. 6 riot, which wasn’t really all that bad, was definitely something he was proud of until those fools messed it up, but if you didn’t like it, then it was definitely your fault or antifa’s fault or Trump’s fault. But in no way was it Mo Brooks’ fault."

[crickets]

9. Pathetic.