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Showing Original Post only (View all)Louie Gohmert Says He'll Challenge John Boehner For Speaker Of The House [View all]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/louie-gohmert-boehner-spe_n_6412808.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013Gohmert is one of the most outspoken conservatives in Congress. Last year, he compared supporters of gay marriage who criticize their opponents to Nazis. He famously went after Attorney General Eric Holder during a 2013 House hearing, saying "The attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus." The same year, Gohmert said Obama should be impeached if the nation defaulted on its debt. He later said that under Obamacare, the government would "put people on lists and they die waiting to get the treatment and care." Days after the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Gohmert said there should be more guns, including at schools, to prevent mass killing. The list goes on.
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Louie Gohmert Says He'll Challenge John Boehner For Speaker Of The House [View all]
ashling
Jan 2015
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And the Teapublicans start bring the Big Ten of the GOP down officially. I only wish Kieth Olbermann
marble falls
Jan 2015
#5
He's on a 'mission from Gawd' to end welfare, etc. Will work with TheAnointedOne© Cruz.
freshwest
Jan 2015
#34
Not if 30 or so D's decide it's time to start winning both Houses back and start playing Hardball...
Volaris
Jan 2015
#24
Poor, ol' Louie! He is being misunderstood. He's practicing for his next job...
Frustratedlady
Jan 2015
#9
It is scary to think Gohmert as speaker of the house would fall in line behind Biden
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#27