Mo Brooks facing censure resolution in House of Representatives (al.com)

Updated 7:54 PM; Today 1:44 PM

By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com and John Sharp | jsharp@al.com

Congress introduced a censure resolution against U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks on Monday, an effort to deliver a punishment against the Huntsville congressman for his raucous comments at a pro-Trump rally hours before protesters briefly took control of the U.S. Capitol.

The resolution came from New Jersey Congressman Tom Malinowski and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, both Democrats, and states that Brooks’ comments to the crowd “encouraged and incited violence against his fellow members of Congress as part of an assault on the United States Capitol.”

Four people died amid the storming of the Capitol, including a Capitol police officer. Law enforcement has said the protesters were seeking to stop Congress from approving the election results certifying Joe Biden as president.
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Brooks was one of two congressmen who spoke at the Save America rally near the White House on the morning of Jan. 6. The Malinowski/Schultz resolution cites several comments Brooks made in the speech, including:




Brooks last week told AL.com that he would “make no apology” for his comments -- which was also noted in the Malinowski/Schultz resolution.
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