Rep. Mo Brooks went into hiding from course of servers after bragging about his function on Jan. 6

“Today is the day American patriots start jotting down names and kicking their asses,” said Brooks. “Our ancestors sacrificed their blood, sweat, tears, fortune, and sometimes their lives to give us, their descendants, an America that is the greatest nation in world history. So I have a question for you. Are you ready to do the same “Brooks then called repeatedly to the crowd,” Are you going to fight for America? ” before he said, “We, American patriots, will come straight to them!”

March, Brooks began his campaign for the Senator in Alabama with the aim of occupying the seat of retired Senator Richard Shelby. As CNN noted at the time, Brooks put his support for the Big Lie and that January 6th speech right at the center of its campaign. Brooks literally runs on his support for the uprising.

But when it comes to facing a lawsuit based on incitement, Brooks runs away.

As Axios reported on March 5, Rep. Eric Swalwell filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, citing both Brooks and Donald Trump as such “responsible for the injury and destruction” of the January 6th attack. This lawsuit states that the deadly attack on the Capitol, including the attempt to kidnap and execute members of Congress, “was a direct and predictable consequence of false and brand-new allegations of fraud and theft by the defendants and in direct response to the defendants” explicit calls for violence at the rally. “

More than a month later, Swalwell says, Brooks continues to evade process servers and refuses to be served with the lawsuit. Other charges in the lawsuit, including Trump, have waived service – meaning the case is open to trial – but Brooks remains a loner. He has neither waived the duty nor acknowledged the documents that were delivered to his office.

As Forbes reported earlier this week, Brooks is in no way apologizing for his January 6th speech. In fact, Brooks uses parts of that speech and attempts by the Democrats to blame him for his call to violence as the cornerstone of his campaigning.

On January 6, Brooks made a brief statement that he “always condemns violence”. However, he followed almost immediately with a tweet insisting that the cause of the violence wasn’t the people he had just told to “kick their asses” and “come straight at them” to save the nation . Instead, Brooks wrote, the attack was “fascist ANTIFA ”- a term that can set the record for cognitive dissonance.

Brooks has continued to reiterate claims that Antifa was behind the attack. In his campaign, however, he also highlighted scenes from the January 6 rally, stating that on that day “I did my duty for my country”. The level of ridiculous, self-contradicting elements in Brooks’ testimony may seem obvious, but then he runs as the MAGA of a number of MAGA candidates vying for Shelby’s place. Being ridiculous is part of the job description.

Commenting on Swalwell’s attorney, “It seems clear that Brooks is choosing to turn what is essentially a formality into a political stunt of what is unfortunate.” But Mo Brooks, who does something just because it would draw more attention to his campaign, shouldn’t come as a surprise. Nor should he be ready to go to court and discuss how he deliberately roused a crowd and told them to risk their lives, go to the Capitol and prevent America from suppressing an “ungodly, amoral, dictatorial one.” and socialist nation ”. ”

Brooks ran for the Senate back in 2017 in hopes of taking the seat that once belonged to Jeff Sessions. He enjoyed Trump’s support alongside Fox News personalities Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity. He finished third in Republican Elementary School.