Title: Removing Representative Mo Brooks from the House of Representatives.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution removes Representative Mo Brooks from office as a Member of the House of Representatives for his statements and actions related to the 2020 presidential election and the violent events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 46

  Removing Representative Mo Brooks from the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2021

 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Blumenauer, 
 Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Horsford, Mr. 
 Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Jones, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, 
   Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Thompson of 
  Mississippi, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Bush, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Mr. 
Hastings) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Removing Representative Mo Brooks from the House of Representatives.

Whereas, before the Presidential election of 2020, President Donald J. Trump 
        repeatedly claimed without cause that if he lost on November 3, 2020, it 
        would be because of election fraud;
Whereas, on November 3, 2020, voters went to the polls and, by a six-million 
        vote majority and an Electoral College majority of 306 to 232, chose 
        Joseph R. Biden to be the next President;
Whereas, since November 3, 2020, President Trump has orchestrated, through both 
        his own words and those of his surrogates, a public relations 
        misinformation campaign to convince the American people of the lie that 
        the election was stolen from him and that he actually won the election 
        in a landslide;
Whereas Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama has continuously used his role as an 
        elected official and presidential surrogate to publicly promote 
        President Trump's baseless and dangerous election theft narrative;
Whereas Representative Brooks has baselessly alleged massive voter fraud in a 
        safe, secure United States election in an attempt to overturn the valid 
        results of that election and deprive the American people of their right 
        to choose their representatives in Congress and the White House;
Whereas, on January 6, 2021, at a White House rally organized by supporters of 
        the President and featuring President Trump himself, speakers repeatedly 
        urged the thousands present to march to the United States Capitol to 
        ``stop the steal'';
Whereas, on the morning of Wednesday, January 6, 2021, Representative Mo Brooks 
        gave a profanity-laden speech to an angry crowd of supporters of 
        President Trump, including language such as ``Today is the day American 
        patriots start taking down names and kicking ass'';
Whereas, in this speech, Representative Brooks included the following incitement 
        to violence: ``Our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their 
        tears, their fortunes, 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 willing to do the same? My answer is 
        yes. Louder, are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America? 
        Louder, will you fight for America?'';
Whereas Representative Brooks' words and actions leading up to and including his 
        speech on January 6, 2021, incited insurrection in the hearts and minds 
        of members of the crowd by encouraging them to believe baseless 
        conspiracy theories about the Presidential election, by taking the stage 
        after other speakers had encouraged the mob to march on the Capitol, and 
        by encouraging them to ``do what it takes to fight for America'';
Whereas, soon after those remarks, that crowd turned to march on the United 
        States Capitol, seizing control of the Capitol, damaging government 
        property, and endangering the lives of the Vice President, Speaker 
        Pelosi, Members of Congress, and the staff working in the buildings;
Whereas members of the insurrectionist mob looking for Members of Congress were 
        found with tactical gear designed for taking prisoners, including 
        plastic handcuffs, bear spray, and other weapons;
Whereas a United States Capitol Police officer was killed by the mob during the 
        assault on the Capitol and another lost his life as a result of this 
        attack;
Whereas Representative Brooks has refused to apologize and doubled down on this 
        hateful rhetoric; and
Whereas Representative Brooks has repeatedly and baselessly blamed others, 
        including unnamed fascists, rather than accept responsibility for the 
        weight of his words as a leader: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama is using the 
power of his office to subvert the will of the American people and 
peddle baseless conspiracy theories at the expense of our Republic;
    Resolved, That Representative Brooks' vitriol leading up to and 
during the events of January 6, 2021, incited the crowd to undertake an 
insurrection against the United States Government, in violation of 
section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States;
    Resolved, That Representative Brooks continues to advocate for 
violence against the United States Government, and in doing so, 
continues to disgrace himself and bring dishonor to the House of 
Representatives; and
    Resolved, That Representative Brooks shall hereby be removed from 
office as a Member of the House of Representatives.
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