Representative Mo Brooks, a Republican from Alabama, was confronted by Fox News Sunday host Sandra Smith over his claims that former President Donald Trump was "robbed" during the 2020 election.
Smith noted that Trump withdrew his endorsement of Brooks back in March. In a statement at the time, the former president accused Brooks of "going woke" after he urged other Republicans to put the results of the 2020 presidential election behind them.
During the interview, Smith asked the GOP lawmaker: "What exactly did the president ask you to do after the 2020 election?"
Brooks responded that he had multiple conversations with Trump between September 2021 and March 2022 "that revolved around his being reinstated, revolved around his wanting to rescind the election."
"And I can understand him wanting to do that. He was robbed in my judgement in 2020...and so I can understand that desire," Brooks said.
However, the Republican lawmaker said the "conflict was when I would explain the law does not permit us to do that."
"Our one shot at reversing the election, our one shot in an election contest under the United States Constitution and federal law is on January 6...That's the final appeal day," Brooks said. January 6, 2021 was the day that Congress voted to certify the 2020 election results in favor of Joe Biden.
"We can use what happened in 2020 as a motivation to try to get better election laws, to use as motivation to win in 2022 and 2024 to save our country, but what is now done...
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