.MaddowBlog: Hell hath no fury like a pro-Trump congressman scorned? The burgeoning feud between former President Trump and Rep. Brooks is...unexpected.
Rep. Mo Brooks couldn’t have done much more to curry favor with Donald Trump. The Alabama Republican even appeared at the pre-riot Jan. 6 rally, firing up the right-wing crowd ahead of their insurrectionist attack on the Capitol.
When the GOP congressman launched his Senate campaign last year, echoing Trump’s rhetoric and standing alongside Stephen Miller, it was clear that Brooks was positioning himself asBut as Brooks’ statewide candidacy lagged, and Trump felt antsy about tying himself to a perceived loser, the former president, blaming Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for “manipulating” Trump, but the congressman also proceeded to add something...
“President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election for the presidency. As a lawyer, I’ve repeatedly advised President Trump that January 6 was the final election contest verdict and neither the U.S. Constitution nor the U.S. Code permit what President Trump asks. Period.
In other words, according to Brooks, Trump asked him to take a series of impermissible steps that lawmakers simply cannot legally take. In effect, the Alabama Republican claimed in writing that the former president urged him to ignore the Constitution and help him claim power Trump failed to earn.
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