Tag Archives: Louis Gohmert

The Daily Beast reports: Members of the so-called sedition caucus, the moniker given to Republican lawmakers who have refused to acknowledge the truth of what happened on Jan. 6, were chased out of their own press conference on Tuesday by a man blowing a whistle and a protester holding a “RAPIST” sign. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is under federal …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert: The 2020 presidential election was one we’d expect to see in a banana republic, not the United States of America. In fact, the rampant fraud and unconstitutional actions that took place were so egregious that seven contested states– Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin all sent dueling slates of …

The Associated Press reports: CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Both the Army and Scytl told The Associated Press the claim is not true. Furthermore, Scytl does not have offices or servers in …

NBC News reports: Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Saturday he tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second lawmaker this week to announce they had contracted the virus. Grijalva said in a statement that he did not have any symptoms and felt fine. On Wednesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, who has refused to wear a mask around the Capitol, tested …

Via press release from Loony Louie Gohmert: Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) introduced a Privileged Resolution calling upon Congress to ban any political organization or party that has ever held a public position supportive of slavery or the Confederate States of America. It also calls for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol or any …

Mediaite reports: The way Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) sees it, if the man behind the El Paso mass shooting is eventually charged with a hate crime for targeting immigrants in his racially-motivated massacre, then it’s only a matter of time before religious leaders start getting locked up too. “There is no death penalty under federal law,” Gohmert said, “so all …

Talking Points Memo reports: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s impending congressional testimony has some House Republicans speaking their mind about the square-jawed lawyer. “He’s done some irreparable damage to some things and he’s got to answer for them,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Politico. “It reinforced the anal opening that I believe Mueller to be.” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) added that …

Politico reports: Top immigration hardliners in Congress clashed with protesters outside of the Supreme Court on Monday, as justices took up President Barack Obama’s directive to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) lectured the protesters, who chanted “We want justice” and booed loudly while he tried to speak from a podium at the base of …

“It really disturbs me. For 50 years, the Supreme Court has been saying, okay, less of God, less of God, not in the schools, not in public, you can’t pray, you can’t talk about the Bible. And with that decision last summer, they said forget what Moses said when he said, ‘A man shall leave his father and mother, a …

Speaking before the student body at Liberty University, loony tunes Rep. Louis Gohmert suggested an experiment in which four gay male couples and four straight couples are put on separate islands. “Then lets come back in 100 years and see which one nature favors.” Because dead gay people means Jesus is real. Or something. And if those four straight couples …

According to loony tune Rep. Louis Gohmert, having an openly gay head of the US Army will send a signal to the Muslim world that the United States endorses pedophilia. Seriously. Tony Perkins, of course, agrees.

Nutjob Rep. Louie Gohmert is attempting to derail the Iran deal with a House bill that would reclassify the pending agreement as a treaty. Yesterday Glenn Beck announced that Gohmert has told him that if his bill is approved, he won’t seek reelection. Glenn Beck: “I just got an email from Louie Gohmert. He said, ‘Last week I announced to …