During a speech Monday to the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) declared that Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) being elected to the U.S. Senate last December “was a major loss to our country.”

“From our perspective, that was a major loss to our country,” Brooks said to attendees as recorded by Huntsville CBS affiliate WHNT.

“Unfortunately, it seems there’s sort of a panic atmosphere in Washington amongst Republicans and particular where we have to spend hundreds of billions of dollars we don’t have in order to have a reasonable chance in keeping the House and the Senate later this year in the November elections,” he added.

Later, Jones responded to Brooks’ remarks in a tweet and called Brooks’ remarks “disappointing.”

My entire campaign was about reaching across the aisle. As senator, I’ve made a point of working w/folks who may not always agree w/me. Rep. Brooks’ comments today are disappointing & they’re the exact opposite of what the people of Alabama are looking for in their elected reps. https://t.co/pAiV0VPM7M

— Doug Jones (@DougJones) March 13, 2018

Jeff Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and works as the editor of Breitbart TV. Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor.