Brooks made the remark while speaking on “The Dale Jackson Show” about the first Republican congressional baseball team practice since House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot and injured last year, according to Roll Call .
“One of the things that’s concerning me is the assassination risk may become a factor,” he said of Republican lawmakers retiring.
Brooks pointed to the number of members on the Republican baseball team who are not running for re-election. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Reps. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., Pat Meehan, R-Pa., Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Tom Rooney, R-Fla., have announced their retirements.
“You have to wonder with that kind of disproportionate retirement number whether what happened in June played a factor,” Brooks said.
The Republican lawmaker pointed blame at the “socialist Bernie Sanders wing of society” for threats against lawmakers.
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