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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
(51,717 posts)is an understatement.
Casady1
(2,133 posts)from a confederate.
dchill
(38,675 posts)dem4decades
(11,330 posts)paleotn
(18,041 posts)dem4decades
(11,330 posts)RicROC
(1,206 posts)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
(18,140 posts)It's the fascists who should secede.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)throw...
viva la
(3,381 posts)That he was watching on the TV and chortling and rewinding to see the violence again.
Sickos.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,159 posts)This is a war.
paleotn
(18,041 posts)calimary
(81,644 posts)Good grief - who on earth sees fit to elect assholes like Mo Brooks - to CONGRESS??? (To ANYTHING, frankly!)
keithbvadu2
(37,130 posts)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
(38,539 posts)3catwoman3
(24,172 posts)a Mo-ron. Or is that Mo-ran?
bullwinkle428
(20,632 posts)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
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