Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Thursday afternoon interviewed with WVNN’s “Afternoons with Yaffee and LT,” discussing the uncertainty surrounding the 2020 presidential election results and the need for transparency when it comes to counting votes.
The Republican from North Alabama began by explaining that certain states utilizing “en masse” mail-in voting are partially responsible for this uncertainty.
Brooks outlined that Alabama’s current elections process is a model for other jurisdictions. The Yellowhammer State allows absentee voting (including absentee by-mail) but no traditional early voting or universal mail-in voting. There are also safeguards in place for voting in Alabama, including a photo ID requirement.
Speaking about how smoothly the state’s elections run, Brooks noted, “If Alabama can do it, any other state can do it.”
He praised the state legislature for passing laws that facilitate “effective and efficient” elections that are also “honest.”
Brooks subsequently bashed calls to move more towards universal mail-in voting and various forms of balloting besides in-person, day-of voting.
“Of course the Democrats want that kind of process, because it has more vulnerabilities to election fraud,” he said. “And the Democrats are renowned for engaging in election fraud, voter fraud, election theft, however you want to categorize it.”
“What I want, and what Republicans generally want, is we want only eligible American citizens having the right to vote, and some kind of verification process that ensures that they are in fact the ones who are voting,” Brooks added. “And no one else should be allowed to vote. And there should not be any effort by anyone to deter somebody else from voting. We want all people who are lawfully eligible to vote — if they’re American citizens — to vote. But we don’t want the others.”
The congressman continued, “You don’t see the Democrats doing anything at all that minimizes the risk of election fraud, of non-citizens voting. Everything that the Democrats seemingly push for creates another weakness that the criminal element that wants to steal elections can exploit.”
Brooks subsequently stressed that he has serious concerns that election laws are not being followed in the states who have yet to determine a winner in their respective presidential contests.
“I’ll tell you right now, I don’t have confidence — if Joe Biden is reportedly elected President of the United States — I do not have confidence that the person who would be sworn in was sworn in because that person in-fact got the lawful votes needed to win the Electoral College,” he said. “And if I have to vote on whether to ratify this process, the swearing-in of the President of the United States, and if I have to do that as a member of the House of Representatives, I’m going to be very hesitant to do so under these circumstances. Because I simply lack faith that this was an honest election, based on all of the things that I know about election theft and voter fraud from the past, coupled with how much easier it is to steal an election or engage in voter fraud with this system the Democrats have been so successful in implementing around the country that has weakened my and a lot of others’ faith in the system.”
As a U.S. House member, I’m going to be very hesitant to certify the results of this election if Joe Biden is declared the winner under these circumstances b/c I lack faith that this was an honest election. Listen to my interview on @WVNN where I explain why. pic.twitter.com/BFN9wrMfWC
— Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) November 6, 2020
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Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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