Tag Archives: Louie Gohmert

TRAILER: Light Wins

Kyle Mantyla writes at Right Wing Watch: Radical Religious Right activist Janet Porter has released yet another trailer for her upcoming documentary “Light Wins: How To Overcome The Criminalization Of Christianity,” which features a who’s who of anti-gay activists as well as several Republican members of Congress and presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee. “Like a tank in Tiananmen …

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GOP Leaders Appear In Janet Porter Documentary: Gays Want The Total Criminalization Of Christianity

Kyle Mantyla writes at Right Wing Watch: Today, Faith 2 Action’s Janet Porter sent out an email to activists excitedly announcing that she is finishing up editing a new anti-gay documentary that she intends to release at the National Religious Broadcaster’s Convention in Nashville at the end of this month. Among the participants are Rep. Steve King, Rep. Trent Franks, …

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Hannity Endorses Gohmert For Speaker

The vote is today.

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Tea Party Loon Rep. Louie Gohmert: I’m Running To Unseat Boehner As Speaker

Via the wingnut Heritage Foundation: In announcing his bid today for speaker of the House of Representative, Rep. Louie Gohmert promised to be the engine of change that conservatives have been calling for in their rebellion against the establishment wing of the Republican Party. “It is time for a change; it really is time for a change,” Gohmert said on …

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Rep. Louis Gohmert: Gay Massages Put The Military In Danger Of Terrorism

“I’ve had people say, ‘Hey, you know, there’s nothing wrong with gays in the military. Look at the Greeks.’ Well, you know, they did have people come along who they loved that was the same sex and would give them massages before they went into battle. But you know what, it’s a different kind of fighting, it’s a different kind …

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Human Rights Campaign Inducts 19 Members Of Congress Into Hall Of Shame

The Human Rights Campaign today announced the induction of 19 member of Congress into its Hall Of Shame for anti-LGBT actions. “If you want to understand why LGBT equality has hit a roadblock in Congress, you don’t need to look any further than these leaders of anti-LGBT obstruction and animus,” said David Stacy, HRC’s Government Affairs Director. “These members go …

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Louie Gohmert: It’s Time To Bomb Iran

Rep. Louie Gohmert says it’s time to bomb Iran because Gaza. “It is time to cut off every dime of American money going to anyone who has any kind of relationship with Hamas or those killing in the Middle East, and especially in Israel,” said Gohmert. “It is time to bomb Iran’s nuclear capabilities,” Gohmert concluded. “It is time for …

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Gohmert: Obama Won’t Defend American Women From Rapist Immigrants

Via Raw Story: According to the Tea Party-backed Republican, “criminal aliens” had committed 2,993 homicides in the past six years. “And they’ve committed at least 7,695 sexual assaults,” he insisted. “You want to talk about a war on women? This administration will not defend the women of America from criminal aliens! By the thousands, and hundreds of thousands!” “Well, we …

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Louie Gohmert: I Feel Sorry For Atheists

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Louie Gohmert: Send Troops To Mexico

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: Rep. Louie Gohmert is pretty sure that President Obama is pushing for minors to cross the border as part of a giant voter fraud scheme, and thinks that if the president were serious about cracking down on illegal immigration, then he would send troops to the Southern border … and perhaps into Mexico. …

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Rep. Louis Gohmert: It’s The Job Of Christians To Tell Non-Christians That They Are Totally Going To Hell

Via Raw Story: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday grilled a pastor who supports the separation of church and state, asking him why he did not share the “good news” that non-Christians were going to Hell. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing about religious freedom on Tuesday, Gohmert told the Rev. Barry Lynn, who serves as the executive director for …

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Rep. Louie Gohmert: Gay Nazis Are Bigoted Against The Benham Brothers

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Eric Holder Slams Rep. Louie Gohmert

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Teabagger Rep. Louie Gohmert Acts Out SNL Skit To Empty US House Chamber

Mediaite sets the stage: The problem, in Gohmert’s estimation, is that the line Tina Fey delivered on Saturday Night Live as Palin — “I can see Russia from my house” — has overshadowed Palin’s actual quote to ABC News’ Charles Gibson concerning Russia’s proximity to Alaska. As Gohmert long-windedly explained from the House floor, what Palin actually said was, “You …

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Lou Dobbs Vs Rep. Louie Gohmert

We don’t often see a Fox anchor going after a GOP rep this way. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) was just one of 199 Republicans who voted against raising the debt ceiling yesterday, in open defiance of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). But when Gohmert appeared on Fox Business Network with Lou Dobbs, he received what seemed like 100% of the …

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Rep. Louie Gohmert: Activist Judges Need Lessons In Basic Plumbing

“Our court didn’t see any biological evidence to support marriage being between a man and a woman. They need some basic plumbing lessons. For one omnipotent, omniscious, ubiquitous federal judge who is wise beyond his education to say to make such a declaration about the law, I think, requires revisiting by each state and compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court.” …

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27 GOP House Reps Co-Sponsor Randy Weber’s Bill To Ban Federal Recognition Of Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages

Yesterday House Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) introduced a laughably doomed bill that would limit the federal government to only recognizing same-sex marriages that are legally conducted in the state where the married couple resides. Since the bill’s introduction, 27 GOP members of the House have signed on as co-sponsors. The list so far is a cavalcade of crackpottery: Michele Bachmann, …

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Rep. Louie Gohmert: Let’s Blow Up Iran

Via Alan Colmes: “[Iran has] to open [nuclear facilities] up to the IAEA and to US inspectors and we’ve got to make sure you’ve gotten rid of everything. Otherwise, let’s blow them all up, all the sites up, until we’re satisfied we’ve eliminated them as a threat,” Gohmert said in an interview with Fox News on Monday.”

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The Advocate Names Russian President Vladimir Putin “Phobie Of The Year”

The Advocate today announced its Phobie Awards, with Russian President Vladimir Putin topping their list of the thirteen most homophobic people in the world. The rest of the list features evildoers well known to JMG readers: Orson Scott Card, Scott Lively, Pat Robertson, E.W. Jackson, Marco Rubio, Frigide Barjot, Ken Cuccinelli, Robert Mugabe, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rep. Louie Gohmert, and …

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Cavalcade Of Crackpots To Speak At FRC’s Values Voter Summit 2013

Crazy Eyes, Frothy Mix, and Gohmert Pyle are just a few of the crackpots who are confirmed speakers at this year’s Values Voter Summit, the wingnut shindig thrown by the Family Research Council. Notable for their absences, so far, are Pat Robertson and Byran Fischer. And note the lack of so-called RINOS, this is totally for the Tea People. 

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