Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, on Sunday engaged in a televised contretemps with anchor Sandra Smith on Fox News Sunday’s broadcast after Smith began questioning the congressman on the 2020 presidential election and the unsubstantiated claims of election fraud that soon followed.
Brooks, currently locked in a close run-off for U.S. Senate with frontrunner Katie Britt, began the lively exchange with Smith after the anchor questioned what political action former President Donald Trump had asked Brooks to initiate after his election defeat in 2020.
Brooks was the first sitting member of Congress to announce his planned objection to the certification of the electoral college results for the presidential race and the only Trump-endorsed candidate running for office from Alabama. Yet, the former president’s rationale in withdrawing his earlier endorsement of Brooks‘ Senate campaign in late March was that Brooks had gone “Woke” and was coerced by his newly hired staff wizards into avoiding discussions on the baseless election fraud and voting misconduct claims.
Smith brought up this fact during the interview, with the anchor adding a disclaimer that “there has been still no evidence or proof provided that there was any sort of fraud” during the 2020 election, sending the congressman round the bend.
“That’s wrong; I don’t know why you people in the media keep saying that,” Brooks said, interpreting Smith. “That is absolutely false.”
Smith began to mention “the courts and the...
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