House members criticized Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., after he released a statement Thursday that appeared to be sympathetic to the man police had arrested earlier in the day in connection with a bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol.
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GOP Congressman Slammed For Statement About Bomb Threat Suspect
McCarthy is the biggest political coward to come along in quite awhile.
It’s hard to be a bigger coward than Trump Jr and Sr – who both said they would march with the mob to the Capital, but instead got into bulletproof cars and went to watch it all (while grinning, probably) on TV. Trumps don’t lead from behind, …they’re too cowardly to lead at all. Poor Barron, ….having those cowards as father and step-brother.
@Will Whitez a lie AIN’T NOTHING for a REPUBLICAN 🐑 to TELL…..FOH
@Ken Albertsen are you sure though trump tried to get eveything he promised unlike Obama who punked out and gave us romney care .all three branches and the best he got was ronney care after deleting romney on healthcare? Define coward 😤
@Not Dead Yet functionally illiterate, ignorant and racist.
@Sylvia Rucker 🤣😂😄 yeah don’t think so
Congressman Brooks should show his solidarity with this man by sharing the prison cell with him.
Hey is this a conversation about the Middle East or one about domestic terrorism in the US? Depending on who you ask, the answer is either “domestic right wing extremism” or “BUT WHAT ABOUT!!!!!”
@glutface——here’s ur solidity…..the Democrat 3 Stoooges—-> Biden, Austin, Milley, GAVE TALIBAN TERRORISTS 100s OF BILLIONS N US ARMAMENTS WHICH WILL REALLY B USED TO COME AFTER YOU!!!!!!!!
@solkev6084 vaccines don’t cause variants, virus mutating when it reproduces is how variants are created.. Btw you are – you’re, possessive form of you – your.
Btw good way to divert attention from a subject by throwing different whataboutisms on dozen different topics. Like the idiotic lie that the election was “stolen”.. “where’s the proof that it wasn’t” – we believe something is true so it must be and it is the opposites job to disprove my claim. No it ain’t. Either you’re a troll or just lazy.
@solkev6084 Completely separate subject, learn to stay on point.
@solkev6084Making false accounts on social media sites with the intent on affecting the vote through disinformation as the Russians did in 2016 and 2020 is not the same thing as hacking the election or the voting machines. You either don’t know what you’re talking about and or are a liar. I suspect you are both.
He didn’t condemn MTG or anyone else who has spoken like this or worse, why would he say anything about Mo? I’m sure McCarthy is proud of his party..
I won’t hold my breath for McCarthy to make any public statement on this. He’s spineless.
He has to ask Donald for permission to speak on any topic.
YUP!
McCarthy is a supporter of domestic terrorists apparently as he has not done anything to save democracy!
I’m sure Trump called to say that he loves him and go home and to remember this day forever.
If that driver had been a man of color we would be hearing his funeral arrangement
We’ve seen unarmed black men killed by cops, but this guy threatens to blow up a building and he’s allowed the privilege of being arrested-and he’ll probably get a good lawyer.
@free2express08 paid for by trumpets
@free2express08 really?! We’ve also seen white men killed by cops…what’s your point? You know what this guy did differently than 99% of those that have been killed? He obeyed their orders and didn’t fight them 🤷♀️ Stop with the racebaiting! It’s really getting old!
Hmm… “After hours of standoff, Took him into jail without incident” Imagine if you will that nut was a black man? He would not have made it five minutes..
@S RKH Who killed Ashley Babbit?
@Damen Rabbitt No, it isn’t. Obviously, you can’t comprehend was was written
Yea it is…the only thing remotely close to being a coordinated attack was 5% of the incident. The report mentioned The Oathkeepers and Proud Boyz and even then they had little evidence to proove what their intentions were when they entered the Capitol
@S RKH LIES by the Democrats to paint a narrative. Evil
Drove allllll that way to crawl to the police
Why Brooks(along with Gatez, Taylor-Greene, Boebart) are still in office? They need to be kick out immediately.
In most countries, in most times, the lot of them would have found themselves hanging from lamp posts by now.
Maybe he chose FB, because Fox wouldn’t give him the air time on such short notice, but I bet Fox is giving this air now.
@Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman Well fox news turns their comment sections off. They don’t want anyone interrupting the propaganda they push on people. No other opinions allowed unless they are from Trump people.
@solkev6084 Well, you’d lose that bet.
@solkev6084 Apparently, you know nothing about the actual “deal” Trump made. Not saying that’s your fault, you were obviously misled.
Fox is just shilling these idiots for ratings and money
@PeaceLoveHarmony Ignoring the truth is not the same thing as being misled.
These fools have whacked view of what patriotism is, since when did attacking the government become patriotic?
The man in the black pickup truck appeared angry, confused and detached from reality. Congressman Brooks quickly recognized him as the type of American who might consider voting for him.
The guy could have washed his truck first.
I suspect you’re joking, but you’re absolutely right! Brooks is a whackadoodle.
No. He is the typical “BILLY BAD 🐎” who covers insecurity with boisterous crap.
@Sadie Stoltzfus but he just drove 354 miles from his home town to 700 people, his wife said that he voted for the first time in his life at the last election, how can he be angry at the government at this point in his life when he never previously chose to vote until along comes trump.
@Sadie Stoltzfus his tires were more bald than his head.
Another testament that the GOP has abandoned their traditional values, and is now little more than the political arm of right extremists.
They were always this way, Trump just gave them cause to let their freak flag fly.
no: repus are the arm of kgbrasPutin
@jorge gonzalez-larramendi Mo Brooks was wrong, it’s not a revolution it’s an invasion of brain-dead morons lead by a brain-dead moron. So it’s like a zombie invasion.
@cary billey At least real zombies are always searching for brains.
@Ѕқџ Gęṃἱחἱ Very true. Lol
Brooks so obtuse he doesn’t realize he is part of the thing the man complained about.
There are NO R LEADERS!! It’s the Big Corporations that keep them in line!
He knows, he doesn’t care… he’s actually inviting another January 6th to the mindless minions waiting for a signal.
And Brooks has government funded health care. Can also be treated at the best military hospitals whether he’s a veteran or not.
Brooks is a senile old man riding a rocking horse and shouting “Yippee!” and “Giddy up.”. He should take advantage of the mental health care offered him by his govt healthcare plan!
“Dictatorial socialism” is Mo Brooks’ bogeyman, a figment of his imagination served up as a scapegoat as incitement. It is a favorite technique of those supporting a potential authoritarian, a dictator.
I agree. Its just a low weak excuse. They make liberal and socialism to be a hateful swear word. But they don’t even know what a dictator is either.
But dictatorial fascism, he’s perfectly fine with!
The idea that Mo Brooks is still a member of congress after Jan 6th is just perplexing at this point. Basically, nothing matters anymore.
For someone who was mad at “big government” he sure did waste a lot of taxpayer money to make his point, thus pushing for more taxes required to take care of problems like this.
I think Mo needs to start facing more than peer and national ridicule.
you can add international ridicule, UK citizen here and I think this guy is ridiculous.
How about a few indictments because he has a lot coming to him. Plus I want him to get everything that is coming to him
Mo isa coward. Helped start the trump crazies insurgents vandalizing Capitol while wearing a bulletproof vest.
@Nicky Brooks my description is another trump a hole
It’s disturbing how these racist politicians are sympathetic to terrorists who look like them, but if Colin Kaepernick takes a knee on a football field to protest the obvious double standard in America, these same racist politicians will ostracize Kaepernick and treat him as if he was the one that had the bomb.
Every since Mo went solo from Larry and Curly his career has gone down and he isn’t funny worth a scit.
C’mon man. The Howard brothers (Mo, Larry,Shemp) and Curly were HONORABLE
Mo Brooks seems a bit out of character without his white robe and hood.
Probably wears green one now (The Grand Lizard).
This is disgusting. Nowhere in Brooks’s statement does he even condemn the bomb threat, except to call it “sad.”