Mo Brooks was aware that insurrection was planned

[The Barbarian]

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama said he wore body armor to Donald Trump's January 6 rally in Washington, DC, after being tipped off about "risks" in the days leading up to the event, Slate reported.
GOP lawmaker Mo Brooks says he wore body armor at the January 6 Trump rally and was tipped off to 'risks'

Brooks apparently never passed the information on to police or his fellow congressmen, and refused to say who told him about the planned insurrection.

 

[Crwth]

Brooks apparently never passed the information on to police or his fellow congressmen, and refused to say who told him about the planned insurrection.

First, in reference to the ACTUAL article, there's no information in it whatsoever about the nature of the mentioned "risks." For all we know, the warnings may have been for concerns about risks from LEFTIST agitators.

Second, the not-so-veiled implication that Trump (or his followers) would be somehow responsible for it (whatever "it" is) is patently evident in the intentional use of the phrase "planned insurrection" in your comment.

Noting that neither the word "planned" nor "insurrection" nor the phrase "planned insurrection" occurs ANYWHERE in the article you posted.

IOW - you made that up.

 

[Hank77]

The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot

The Justice Department on Tuesday night rejected a request by Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks for legal protection in court against a lawsuit linking him to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Republican Congressman Legitimizes Violence as Response to Election Dispute

The inflammatory rhetoric suggests the Alabama lawmaker has little interest in stepping back from his rhetoric earlier this week. Brooks opened the “Save America” rally with a searing speech that charged, “Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”


During his remarks, he asked the crowd to consider the American ancestors who sacrificed their blood and “sometimes their lives” to create the “greatest nation in world history.”

“So I have a question for you,” Brooks continued. “Are you willing to do the same?”

 

[Crwth]

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
― Elie Wiesel
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
― Desmond Tutu
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
― John F. Kennedy
“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
― Howard Zinn

 

[The Barbarian]

First, in reference to the ACTUAL article, there's no information in it whatsoever about the nature of the mentioned "risks." For all we know, the warnings may have been for concerns about risks from LEFTIST agitators.

Sorry, that story crashed and burned as soon as the FBI and police started rounding up the terrorists. All Trump people.

Second, the not-so-veiled implication that Trump (or his followers) would be somehow responsible for it (whatever "it" is) is patently evident in the intentional use of the phrase "planned insurrection" in your comment.

Oath Keeper militants planned out their attack at the Capitol, even holding trainings in the weeks before, and looked to Trump for direction
Oath Keeper militants planned out their attack at the Capitol, even holding trainings in the weeks before, and looked to Trump for direction

Thought you knew. It was widely reported, even on Fox.

During the Jan. 6 riot, Oath Keepers were seen wearing military style gear and camouflage, distinguishing themselves with patches signaling their membership.

On Jan. 4, an Oath Keeper leader issued a call to members to act on behalf of President Donald Trump, who maintained that Democrats had fraudulently wrested away his victory in the 2020 election.
Oath Keepers planned to have armed presence around DC before Capitol riot, feds say

IOW - you made that up.

I'll assume that false accusation is due to ignorance of the facts, rather than an intentional dishonesty. But now you know better.

 

[The Barbarian]

The Justice Department on Tuesday night rejected a request by Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks for legal protection in court against a lawsuit linking him to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Apparently, his argument is that stirring up the mob to attack the Capitol is part of his job as congressman.

 

[The Barbarian]

So no one forgets...

 

[Valletta]

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama said he wore body armor to Donald Trump's January 6 rally in Washington, DC, after being tipped off about "risks" in the days leading up to the event, Slate reported.
GOP lawmaker Mo Brooks says he wore body armor at the January 6 Trump rally and was tipped off to 'risks'

Brooks apparently never passed the information on to police or his fellow congressmen, and refused to say who told him about the planned insurrection.

Has there ever been an insurrection in modern times without guns? It's another hoax, I have never seen a Congressional hearing so obviously orchestrated. Why didn't Nancy Pelosi accept the offer of ten thousand National Guard troops offered by President Trump? Doesn't it seem ridiculous that someone who supposedly was plotting an unarmed insurrection would offer ten thousand troops to defend our Capitol?? I wonder how many people really believe this. It is a disgrace to try and frame someone who told people to peacefully and patriotically let their voices be heard and offered all of those troops.
The Capitol police report to Pelosi, and she needs to be held accountable for her failure of leadership. She refuses to testify, why do people put up with her? Here's an article discussing the troop offer:

Trump says he told the Pentagon 10,000 National Guard troops would be needed Jan. 6 but was ignored

 

[The Barbarian]

Why didn't Nancy Pelosi accept the offer of ten thousand National Guard troops offered by President Trump?

Peolosi is not in charge of Capitol security. The Capitol police, who were in charge, asked for them. But for some reason, the troops were held back...

DOD Took Hours To Approve National Guard Request During Capitol Riot, Commander Says
It took more than three hours for former President Donald Trump's Defense Department to approve a request for the D.C. National Guard to intervene in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the commanding general of the outfit told senators on Wednesday.


Maj. Gen. William Walker testified that he had National Guard troops at the ready and sitting idly for hours before he was finally given authorization to send them into the field. Walker said that the delay was caused at least in part over concerns of the optics of sending uniformed troops to the scene.
DOD Took Hours To Approve National Guard Request During Capitol Riot, Commander Says

A few days earlier, Trump fired a number of Pentagon officials, and installed his loyalists in their place. Everyone wondered why he would do something like that. Now we know.

Doesn't it seem ridiculous that someone who supposedly was plotting an unarmed insurrection would offer ten thousand troops to defend our Capitol??

He didn't. In fact, his people at DoD delayed the response for hours. He just lied about it.

I wonder how many people really believe this.

Not many with any sense, after the Guard commander testified.

Walker said he "immediately" alerted Army senior leadership of the request. He was not informed of the required approval from then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller until 5:08 p.m., he said — "3 hours and 19 minutes later."
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The Army major general testified that the day before the insurrection, he received a letter with an "unusual" restriction on deploying any quick-reaction force service members unless granted explicit approval by then-Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy.

"I found that requirement to be unusual, as was the requirement to seek approval to move guardsmen supporting the Metropolitan Police Department to move from one traffic control point to another," Walker said.
ibid

The Capitol police report to Pelosi

No. That's not true.
Bureaus and Offices

Trump says he told the Pentagon 10,000 National Guard troops would be needed Jan. 6 but was ignored

And see above. Trump's guy in the Pentagon told the Guard not to act unless given explicit permission from Trump's appointee, and then when help was requested, they sat on it for over 3 hours. Did you not know that Trump lies constantly? Or are you going to tell us that the police and General Walker are lying?

 

[The Barbarian]

Under questioning by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Acting Defense Sec Miller revealed that there was a three-hour delay between when the Capitol Riot started to when the National Guard were finally being deployed.

Requests for the National Guard had come from the Mayor of DC, the local National Guard commander, from the Sargent at Arms for the Capitol and from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s office but it wasn't until Miller had a conversation with Mike Pence at 4:08 pm that the Guard was finally authorized at 4:32 pm.

Miller’s exact reason for this delay was rather vague and nebulous but we do know who didn't give him a call. He didn't get a call to release the Guard from Donald Trump.
Sec. Miller reveals that Trump delayed National Guard for hours on 1/6

Go read on. It gets worse.