Kevin McCarthy's ex-staffer says GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was 'cheering' as rioters stormed the Capitol

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ryan O'Toole, a former staffer for Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, said he witnessed GOP Rep. Mo Brooks "cheering on" the Capitol rioters as they stormed the building during the Electoral Vote count process on January 6, 2021.

O'Toole, who was McCarthy's cloakroom director last January and now works for GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, said most lawmakers were upset and scared as they were evacuated from the House floor to a secure location and rioters invaded the chamber.

"Members were fearful for their lives. Republican members themselves, men crying in the cloakroom for their safety," O'Toole told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday. But some GOP members felt differently.

"You did have some members express a different view," O'Toole said. "One member, Mo Brooks, for example, was glad. He was cheering on the fact that the 117th Congress had started this way. And that was much to the dismay of others in the room."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-mccarthys-ex-staffer-says-160312136.html

[BigmanPigman]

1. Brooks is a psycho

is an understatement.

[Casady1]

2. What do you expect

from a confederate.

[dchill]

3. Who's surprised? Not me.

[dem4decades]

4. Can the Blue States start their own country, please?

[paleotn]

9. Don't tempt us.

[dem4decades]

10. Tempt? I'm begging to be able to go.

[RicROC]

14. A New York State politician (Repub.)introduced a proposal to split NYS into three separate regions

Superficially, it sounds like classic upstate vs downstate friction, but I have an idea,
he is sensing the split up of the US and wants to make sure his part of New York State is not part of the new Blue State Confederation.

link: Jan. 4 2022 apple.Safari/WebKitDropDestination-mzXZY4vL/Proposal would divide New York State into 3 separate, self-governing regions | WETM - MyTwinTiers.com….webloc



not sure if I posted the link properly.

[Poiuyt]

18. America is our country

It's the fascists who should secede.

[NightWatcher]

5. They must be removed before the midterms. You cannot continue to serve the country you tried to over

throw...

[viva la]

6. Stephanie Grisham said the same for Trump

That he was watching on the TV and chortling and rewinding to see the violence again.

Sickos.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. AT least he had the nerve to do it openly, most other GOP were cheering them on silently.

This is a war.

[paleotn]

8. Of course he was.

[calimary]

11. Then he has NO business serving there.

Good grief - who on earth sees fit to elect assholes like Mo Brooks - to CONGRESS??? (To ANYTHING, frankly!)

[keithbvadu2]

12. The same Mo Brooks who knew he should wear body armor on Jan 6?

The same Mo Brooks who knew he should wear body armor on Jan 6?

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=mo+brooks+bulletproof+vest

[Kingofalldems]

13. Kick and rec for Trump's secret pals.

[3catwoman3]

15. Mo Brooks is...

…a Mo-ron. Or is that Mo-ran?

[bullwinkle428]

16. Who recalls the famous "caning" attack in the U.S. Senate in 1856? The perpetrator?

Preston BROOKS.

This may not have been the equivalent of a direct attack, but it was certainly "caning-adjacent".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner

[Progressive Jones]

17. Thoughts and prayers, Mo(ron). You're a target of justice now. nt