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Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R) on Wednesday urged Pope Francis to consider opposing viewpoints from people who denied global warming instead of listening to President Barack Obama and the mainstream media.
During an interview with C-SPANs Washington Journal, host Greta Brawner asked the Tea Party-backed Republican to weigh in on the popes warning that God would judge those who did not act on climate change.
The trouble is that he has been persuaded that climate change is something that is dramatically affecting the planet right now, hes bought in to all this, Gohmert explained. We have had popes that made enormous mistakes that were influenced by the world around them.
But if hell just really objectively look at the data and see that the world is really not warming, he continued. Climate change, I dont see it so much as a problem. Where I live in east Texas, we have climate change, I totally believe that, I know that to be a fact. In fact, we have it four times a year. When Brawner pressed Gohmert about who had persuaded the pope, the congressman pointed to the president and the media.
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Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Seriously? OK, I know it's not all of Texas but it's simply unbelievable that someone this stupid could hold a job, much less as a Congressman.
Mindful of his base, and eager to look like a complete asshole to anyone with two interlocking brain cells in order to pander to it? Definitely.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)And that's like "a whole 'nother country" to the rest of Texas
Plus, we're still in the grip of Tom Delay's gerrymandering of our districts...
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)how he remebers to inhale.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)His supporters though do understand him
riversedge
(70,242 posts)are an echo chamber of nut jobs.
bvf
(6,604 posts)Perfect!
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Botany
(70,516 posts)n/t
kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)Does Gohmert ever say anything that isn't either completely idiotic or a total lie?
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)but I sure wish stupidity was a lot more painful...
Vinca
(50,278 posts)I'm convinced there is marshmallow fluff between those ears.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Is this guy for real ?
Arkana
(24,347 posts)I developed a very close, personal relationship with Galileo's theories.
Congressman, you are no Galileo.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)No, srsly, the pontiff holds a degree in chemical technology. (alas, not a master's as had been widely reported after Frothy Mixture's outburst )