For AL-05 Congressman Mo Brooks, a "charm offensive" translates into "no charm; always offensive." Hey, if there's a budget crisis, national tragedy, or disaster, you can be sure that Brooks will seize the spotlight with some deplorable display of dickishness.
After Orlando... it's the Muslims. Fresh from spurning the very idea of marriage equality, Brooks is now concerned about Muslims killing gays.
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks said on Thursday that the American Muslim community would “kill every homosexual in the United States of America” if it had its way.
Furthermore, he continued, Democrats look the other way because Muslims vote. Ahem... so do gays....
To be fair, the Congressman's concern for the safety of the GLBTQ community does set him apart from this guy, but the bar isn't that high.
Later, Brooks spurned the Muslim community's demand for an apology with this statement that doubled down on dickishness by refusing an apology and insulting the name of the group that asked for it.
"There is no way on gods green Earth that I'll apologize for CAIR or the Council for American Islamic Republic, as it's commonly known in Washington, for pointing out that Islam inspires people to hate and kill homosexuals, kill people and for that matter, other non-Muslim peoples."
Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar of Huntsville helped organize and participate in an interfaith service at the Huntsville Islamic Center in December 2015.
If you've watched Mo Brooks' career - maybe we should say... if you could stomach watching his career - you know this is nothing new. In the past, Brooks has freely shared his opinions and bizarre conspiracy theories about many groups and individuals in our country:
It was so bad in 2011, that the Huntsville City Council hired is 2010 Democratic opponent, Steve Raby, to do Brooks' job and be an advocate for the district in Congress.
You know... we can do better. Brooks has a Democratic opponent this fall. Will Boyd is running for Congress. He needs your support, your contributions, and your vote. Help him spread the word!
Cross-posted at LeftInAlabama.com