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TexasTowelie

(112,138 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 03:56 AM Jul 2018

TX congressman claims he's under surveillance. Is Gohmert 'paranoid' or a target of the 'deep state'

WASHINGTON — Tyler congressman Louie Gohmert claims the Department of Justice has been spying on him.

He has offered no evidence to back up the allegation, which he has made repeatedly in recent days.

Apart from claims that he’s been the target of domestic surveillance, Gohmert — a tea party Republican who served as a criminal court judge before his election to Congress — also cites concerns about a “deep state” effort to discredit him as he seeks to derail a special counsel investigation that has so far yielded five guilty pleas from associates of President Donald Trump.

Gohmert, a frequent defender of Trump on conservative news outlets, told Fox Business on Monday night that he’s “been told in the past that there’s great concern about who I saw, what I did, and that I was being monitored.”

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/07/03/texas-congressman-claims-surveillance-gohmert-paranoid-target-deep-state

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TX congressman claims he's under surveillance. Is Gohmert 'paranoid' or a target of the 'deep state' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP
Louis Gohmert Passed A Bar Exam? PaulX2 Jul 2018 #1
He passed the bar exam rownesheck Jul 2018 #3
Never underestimate the number of brain-dead fuckheads who come out of law school. (nt) Paladin Jul 2018 #4
What a nut case. mindem Jul 2018 #2
From Juanita Jean Gothmog Jul 2018 #5
He doesn't believe anything, he just makes it up..... LeftInTX Jul 2018 #6

Gothmog

(145,143 posts)
5. From Juanita Jean
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:00 AM
Jul 2018

Oh Louie, But He Doesn’t Need To Spy On You. You Say Dumb Stuff Right Out in Public. http://juanitajean.com/oh-louie-but-he-doesnt-need-to-spy-on-you-you-say-dumb-stuff-right-out-in-public/

Oh dear, to add to all his problems of being a discriminated-against-white-male in East Texas where white men own and run everything, Louie is being spied on. By Rob Rosenstein.

Oh yeah, it’s true and we know it’s true because Louie says he’s “been told as much by some other folks.” You gotta pay attention to “other folks” because, by gawd, they know everything.

“I’ve been told in the past there’s been great concern about who I saw, what I did and that I was being monitored and was even told they know everybody that walks in your office,” Gohmert said Monday in an interview on Fox Business’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

Damn. Louie doesn’t realize that his office doorway and hall are being monitored by security cameras day and night because that’s how security cameras work.

I know some “other folks” who say Louie is nuts. “Other folks” also say that nobody gives a big bear’s butt what Louie does because everyone knows he’s nuts.

LeftInTX

(25,267 posts)
6. He doesn't believe anything, he just makes it up.....
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 03:13 PM
Jul 2018

And then gets campaign donations to dig him out of "deep state surveillance"

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