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Republican says Trump asked him to ‘rescind’ 2020 election and remove Biden from office

Mo Brooks at the 6 January rally: ‘Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.’
Mo Brooks at the 6 January rally: ‘Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.’ Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The Alabama Republican congressman Mo Brooks said on Tuesday Donald Trump asked him to “rescind” the 2020 election, remove Joe Biden from the White House and reinstate Trump.

The extraordinary statement came in an angry response to a withdrawn endorsement in a US Senate race. Trump was angered that Brooks was insufficiently toeing his line on calling the 2020 election a fraud.

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