The way Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) sees it, he spent two months tirelessly working on a political message that would sow distrust over the nations presidential election and then pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol and ruined all his hard work.

Brooks says he will never apologize for delivering a speech at President Donald Trump s rally on the National Mall that turned into a fatal attack on the Capitol, even though Brooks now faces censure in the House for inciting violence that day.

The Alabama congressman had been at the forefront of the postelection push among Trumps allies to delegitimize the election results. In December, he organized a meeting with Trump and the presidents personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to plan ways to challenge election results from Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada all states that Democrat Joe Biden won.

As one of Americas most effective conservative leaders, I defend my honor and reputation against scurrilous, George Orwellian, 1984, Socialist Democrats Politics of Personal Destruction, Brooks wrote in a long-winded statement Tuesday, in which he both defended his work pushing baseless conspiracies about voter fraud and chastised those who believed in those conspiracies theories for attempting to seize the U.S. Capitol.

The rioters destroyed two months of debate and work, Brooks wrote of his efforts toward discrediting Bidens victory and attempting to overturn election results.

Brooks statement perfectly captures Republican lawmakers refusal to accept responsibility for the attempted insurrection last Wednesday. For months, top Republican lawmakers have declined to publicly accept Bidens presidential win and have instead elevated debunked claims of election fraud.