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U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told two (really bad) local television news reporters he opposes charging the man suspected of slaughtering 22 people at an El Paso, Texas Walmart with a federal hate crime because that will lead to locking up preachers in prison.
(Fact check: false.)
Rep. Gohmert, who brought America the racist term terror babies, has occasionally been called the stupidest Congressman, and his Monday interview with KETK did nothing to dispel the rumor.
There is no death penalty under federal law, Rep. Gohmert said, as Mediaite reports. That, too, is not only false (heres the DOJs page on the death penalty), the DOJ just a week ago announced it is executing five death row inmates starting in December. All of this screaming and yelling, we need to punish him for hate crimes, you know, thats just going to be something used to lock up preachers someday.
The GOP Congressman, who has a long track record of not only stupid statements but very anti-gay ones as well, told KETK reporters he was bothered when the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act was passed and became law. The reporters said nothing.
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/08/congressman-claims-charging-el-paso-domestic-terrorist-with-a-hate-crime-will-lead-to-putting-preachers-in-prison/#.XUn60b94L38.twitter
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)drray23
(7,633 posts)Some preachers probably do deserve to be jailed.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,861 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)that means, the opposite is likely true.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)marble falls
(57,097 posts)Raven
(13,892 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)You know:
Q. What do you have when you have 100 preachers on the floor of the ocean?
A. A good start.
Carry on.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)maxrandb
(15,331 posts)this ignorant fuckstick everytime he opens his stupid piehole.
Hell, when Dems expand their majority in 2020, they should refuse to seat him for idiocy if his dumbass district elects him again.
I'd do everything I could to make this Grand Wizard as miserable as possible.
- Move his office to a broom closet.
- Make sure the broom closet is right next to a unisex bathroom.
- Set up speakers outside his broom closet and play Wham at volume 11 each day 24/7.
- Replace his seat in the Congressional hall with one of those 1st grade desks with the desktop that you have to flip up to get into.
This guy is a fucking embarrassment, but compared to Donnie Shit for Brains, he's a fucking genius.
underpants
(182,826 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,180 posts)He used to be the undisputed champion dumbest member of congress, but he's been getting a lot of competition from people like Liz CHEENEE, Duncan Hunter, and Gym Jordan. If he loses his top rating, he'll also lose his reserved spot on The Tastiest Ass in Washington ("It's lip-smackin' good! - Mike Pence) during the morning Executive Butt-Bussing.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He again earns his title Stupidest Member of Congress. He has some serious competition, but he's #1.
LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)bpositive
(423 posts)On the losing side of an argument. What an idiot.
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)Long overdue.