U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert considers opposing Texas AG Ken Paxton in GOP primary

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Conservative U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is considering joining the crowded GOP primary field for Texas Attorney General and is accepting donations for an exploratory committee, according to a website that went live Tuesday.

Gohmert has not made an official announcement, but the website said Gohmert is seeking $1 million by Nov. 19.

“It will take more than $1,000,000 to win against the current Attorney General’s many millions of dollars in his account, but that amount to start with will allow a statewide campaign to have a chance,” the site reads. “Texas & our nation hang in the balance.”

The two-term incumbent Ken Paxton already faces three high-profile primary opponents: Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/U-S-Rep-Louie-Gohmert-considers-opposing-Texas-16606271.php?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral

[bottomofthehill]

1. Please Do.......

[PatSeg]

10. Better to have the fool in Texas than in Washington

[ancianita]

23. Not when it comes to redistricting that guarantees Republican electors in general elections. It's

never better to have Republican run state houses or AG's to support their minority rule efforts.
This will lead to minority rule government in Washington, and idiots who've never faced a primary and don't know anything but what Koch and "personal" energy lobbyists tell them, and Gohmert will just provide the legal veneer for the ALEC run corporate campus of Texas.

[PatSeg]

24. Yes, I guess that is true

Better to just have Gohmert out of public office for good.

[ancianita]

26. ...

Amen. He can go back to adult education and learn science.

[PatSeg]

27. Okay, that got a chuckle out of me!

Just retire and go away already.

[Javaman]

2. the debates would the battle of who is craziest. nt

[Mr.Bill]

3. Does anyone know if Texas law

allows him to run for AG and Congress at the same time? Or would he have to give up running for Congress?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Texas has the LBJ law in effect but that law does not apply to running Congress

This is from the Texas Election Code https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.141.htm

Sec. 141.033. FILING APPLICATIONS FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED. (a) A candidate may not file applications for a place on the ballot for two or more offices that:

(1) are not permitted by law to be held by the same person; and

(2) are to be voted on at one or more elections held on the same day.

(b) If a person files more than one application for a place on a ballot in violation of this section, each application filed subsequent to the first one filed is invalid.

(c) This section does not apply to candidacy for the office of president or vice-president of the United States and another office.

Gohmert can only run for one office

[ananda]

4. ROFL

Just... bizarre -- it would be reallyreally stupid and mean
vs. reallyreally mean but not quite as stupid.

[Wild blueberry]

5. Go for it!

Make us laugh.

[Torchlight]

7. That would replace Tweedle-Dum with Tweedle-Dummer.

I think factions of the TX GOP may smell something coming down the road from Paxton's felony indictments.

Also, earlier this year, Paxton criticized Gov. Abbot's handling of the pandemic as Abbot was running for reelection, "I don't think he supports me; I don't support him."

So we'd replace a felon with the self-described "dumbest man in congress." Out of the fire, so to speak.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. The thing is, Gohmert district is blood red

I'm talking Klan country. If Gohmert wins the AG spot, then they will have the cost of a special election to elect another right wing idiot.

[Xipe Totec]

8. NO LA BRINCA SIN HUARACHE

Literally: will not jump without his huaraches (shoes)

It is used to refer to people who, to perform any action, always put the benefit that they will get first.

https://www.wordmeaning.org/spanish/definition/143419.htm

So, the question is, how does this benefit Goober.

[Texin]

9. I hope he does. Of course, that means the GQP in the county would elect

someone just like him. Or worse.

[dchill]

11. Answering the question, "what could be worse than Ken Paxton?"

[Marcuse]

12. Make both of them take the bar exam.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Two prime candidates for the 'How stupid can you get?" challenge.

[TomSlick]

15. Sounds like a con to me.

I suspect the plan is to raise money and then not run.

[Skittles]

16. LOL

that would be like picking the better Menendez brother

[keithbvadu2]

17. Tough choice.

Are you voting for the lesser of two evils?

or are you voting against the lesser of two evils?

[monkeyman1]

18. for yr's now ,all the republican party has got is re-hab reject's -party of nothing !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Juanita Jean is amused

https://juanitajean.com/our-prayers-have-been-answered/

Our Prayers Have Been Answered
November 09, 2021 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Y’all, this is *almost* too good to be true. This is Breaking Texas News.

Louie Gohmert is going to run against Ken Paxton. https://gohmert.net/

And after you settle down laughing about that — what does this make George P Bush? Chopped liver?

Honey, I will buy tickets to a debate between Gohmert and Paxton.

[Slammer]

20. Living the dream

The Dream:

Paxton loses his seat.
George P. Bush loses his seat.
Gohmert no longer in DC.

[lonely bird]

21. If Texas and the nation hang in the balance

It is because Paxton and Gohmert are already in government.

[George II]

22. This is HUGE news!! If Gohmert runs and loses, he'll also be out of Congress, too.

[hatrack]

25. Wow. Dumb As Dirt vs. Crazy As A Shithouse Rat . . . .

Is there some way they can both lose?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. Paxton asking Austin lobbyists to join him and former President Trump for a fundraiser at Mar Lago

Link to tweet

[FakeNoose]

29. I'm not sure what qualifies him to be AG - the state's highest prosecuting attorney

(link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert

What I read in Wikipedia is that Mr. Gohmert has a law degree from Baylor, but no practical experience as a working attorney. From law school he immediately entered the U.S. Army JAG Corps and received training in the JAG School. He spent 4 years with the U.S. Army JAG mostly working as a military defense attorney. After leaving the Army in 1982 (at age 29) Gohmert was elected to his first stint as a district judge in Tyler, Texas. He's been elected several times into various judicial positions, but he's always been more of a politician than a judge. Of course we all know that Gohmert changed hats again in 2004 when he won his first election as a U.S. Representative.

Has this guy ever prosecuted a criminal case? It doesn't seem like it. Maybe Texans don't care.

Maybe he plans to use the AG chair to leapfrog into the Governor's mansion, and maybe Texans are fine with that.

[flying_wahini]

30. Here's Krause profile from Wiki

(He’s an idiot.)

[link:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Krause|

And we are Not fine with it.