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Mo Brooks
U.S. Representative — Alabama
Spoke from the stage at the Ellipse on the morning of January 6, telling the crowd that "today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass." He wore body armor to deliver it, and said afterwards that he had been warned two days earlier of a risk of violence. He voted to sustain both objections that night.
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Jan 7, 2021
Voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania's electoral votes
Voted Yea on the objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes. The vote was taken after the Capitol had been cleared and the joint session resumed. It failed, 138 to 282.
Source: House Roll Call No. 11, Jan. 6-7, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
Voted to sustain the objection to Arizona's electoral votes
Voted Yea on the objection to counting Arizona's electoral votes, the first of the two objections pressed on January 6. It failed, 121 to 303.
Source: House Roll Call No. 10, Jan. 6, 2021
Dec 10, 2020
Signed the brief asking the Court to set aside four states' results
One of 126 House members who signed the amicus brief supporting Texas's suit against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. The Supreme Court dismissed the underlying petition the next day, seven to two. It was signed four weeks before the count.
Source: Texas v. Pennsylvania, No. 22O155 (U.S.), brief of 126 Representatives