Fact-checkers for The Washington Post stood their ground on Tuesday after Rep. Mo Brooks Morris (Mo) Jackson BrooksOvernight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says MORE (R-Ala.) accused the publication of writing a “fake news hit job” about his unsubstantiated claim of voter fraud in the 1980s.



Brooks took to the House floor Tuesday morning to blast the newspaper's fact-checkers, who found no evidence for his claim that Democrats “rigged” voting machines during his race for the Alabama state legislature in 1982.



“In my first election in 1982, Democrats rigged about 25 percent of the voting machines to vote for everyone on the ballot but me. That’s 11 of 45 machines. The whole state was Democrat. Nothing was done to fix it,” Brooks told Vice President Pence during the GOP retreat last month in a tape that was leaked to the Post.



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Hey @RepMoBrooks I asked your staff multiple times asking for proof to back up your claim. They sent me no evidence of voter fraud. https://t.co/Eo0QaZNDKk — Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 7, 2017

.@RepMoBrooks Here's what they did send me (3 clips). None of these support your claim that Dems rigged the voting machines. pic.twitter.com/Fj6iLP0C6c — Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 7, 2017

.@RepMoBrooks Your staff said to check Huntsville Times, so I worked w/librarians in AL/Huntsville, found no proof. — Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 7, 2017

.@RepMoBrooks I checked w/county, state, federal agencies and no one found proof either. Always happy to take new info if you want to send. — Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 7, 2017

The Post noted that Brooks’s office provided newspaper clippings showing there were complaints about malfunctioning voting machines. Brooks had also originally said he’d challenge the election results, but ultimately decided against it after he won.But Brooks’s office didn’t provide the Post with any proof to back up the claim that state Democrats were at fault for the malfunctioning voting machines. Brooks did not offer any additional evidence during his House floor speech Tuesday.Post reporter Michelle Ye Hee Lee fired back on Twitter later Tuesday, explaining she checked with county, state and federal agencies, along with librarians in Alabama, to find evidence supporting Brooks’s claims. She did not find any.



Brooks has still not offered any additional information to back up his claims.



The Post awarded Brooks its maximum of four Pinocchios, which signify “whoppers.”



“I proudly wear the Washington Post’s Four Pinocchios like a red badge of courage,” Brooks said.