Mo Brooks says he ‘understands’ anger toward socialism in response to Capitol bomb threat

GOP Rep. Mo Brooks tweeted a sympathetic statement about the Capitol bomb threat suspect, prompting one lawmaker to call him 'evil'

Brooks tweeted about the Capitol bomb threat on August 19, writing that he understood "citizenry anger directed at dictatorial Socialism."

Mo Brooks Says He Totally Gets 'Anger' Over 'Socialism' After Bomb Threat

"No one who serves in Congress should be expressing public sympathy with the views of a terrorist," a colleague admonished the Alabama Republican.

Brooks says he understands anger after Capitol standoff, denies sympathy for suspect

The congressman and 2022 Alabama Senate candidate said the Alabama Democratic Party was distorting his statement on Thursday's bomb threat at the U.S. Capitol.

Mo Brooks ‘Understands’ Man Who Made Bomb Threat

House members criticized Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) after he released a statement “that appeared to be sympathetic to the man police had arrested earlier in the day in connection with a bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol,” NBC News reports.Wrote Brooks: “Although this terrorist’s motivation is not yet publicly known, and generally speaking, I understand citizenry anger directed at dictatorial Socialism and its threat to liberty, freedom and the very f…

Lawmakers denounce GOP Rep. Brooks for appearing sympathetic to Capitol bomb threat suspect

“Are we going to be the party that keeps stoking sympathy for domestic terrorists,” GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) tweeted.

Mo Brooks 'Understands' Man Who Made Bomb Threat - Democratic Underground