Louie Gohmert slammed for ‘frothing at the mouth’ attack on Peter Strzok – even Fox’s Brit Hume called him out
On Thursday, Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) seemed to lose it while questioning FBI agent Peter Strzok, demanding to know whether Strzok had lied to his wife.
“I can’t help but wonder when I see you looking there with a little smirk how many times did you look all innocent in your wife’s eyes and lie about Ms. Page” he yelled to know, before getting shouted down by Democrats.
Gohmert’s probe into Strzok’s marriage elicited a prompt reaction from the Internet, including Fox News’ Brit Hume.
I did not think it possible anyone could make Peter Strzok seem a sympathetic figure in this hearing, but Louie Gohmert did. His behavior toward the witness was bullying and insulting, and elicited no information.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 12, 2018
I appreciate Gohmert chiding Peter Strzok about his affair. Good to know we have Congressmen who care about marriage and family values. Oh look, it's Republican President Donald Trump!
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) July 12, 2018
Attention!
Louie Gohmert is frothing at the mouth like a rabid animal. Would someone please administer his Rabies shots? https://t.co/wbY1HiGPeD
— SarahCA 💙🌊 (@SarahBCalif) July 12, 2018
And Gohmert takes the House Republicans to a whole new low, especially considering who the leader of their party is.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 12, 2018
Gohmert has been little more than a caricature of a goon for a long time, but this was pretty repugnant stuff even by his standards https://t.co/mX5upu7FwV
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) July 12, 2018
If you're just tuning in, Louie Gohmert just attacked Peter Strzok for cheating on his wife, in the context of defending Donald Trump.
Somewhere Irony is huffing gasoline fumes out of a brown paper bag.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 12, 2018
Donald "I grab 'em by the pussy" Trump's top henchman Louis Gohmert just pulled the lying adulterer card on Strzok.
You can't make this stuff up.
— digby (@digby56) July 12, 2018
Good Christ, Gohmert is bananas. You be you, GOP.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 12, 2018
The Party of Personal Responsibility rides again!https://t.co/tgPYiJKobK
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) July 12, 2018
Gohmert’s idea of sexual morality: He campaigned for Roy Moore after Moore was outed for preying on teenage girls. And this week he suggested that the Ohio State wrestlers were lying about having been groped. https://t.co/Y5O2NK99zj
— Will Saletan (@saletan) July 12, 2018
Strzok responds to @replouiegohmert, saying he has not lied, suggests the slap at him cheating on his wife (reference to a "family member" he has acknowledged "hurting") says more about Gohmert's character than it does about his.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 12, 2018
Rarely seen a more cowardly act than Rep. Gohmert attacking a witness personally and then trying to get the chairman to refuse him the chance to respond
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) July 12, 2018
.@replouiegohmert accuses Strzok — who is under oath — of lying, but says he could probably pass a polygraph test anyway.
Gohmert then shames Strzok for having an extramarital affair. The room erupts in outrage.@davidcicilline calls Gohmert's comments "a disgrace." pic.twitter.com/5DASVSu654
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2018
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Trump’s racism isn’t a grand plan to win in 2020 — he’s just a ‘blithering idiot’: GOP strategist
President Donald Trump over the last week has made overtly racist attacks on four Democratic women of color, which has led to speculation that the president believes using racism is the key to winning reelection in 2020.
However, Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, who is currently working for Trump primary challenger Bill Weld, says it would be a mistake to confuse Trump's bigoted impulses with a well thought out battle plan.
"There is always this need to attribute this master plan to Trump because otherwise, you have to come to terms with the fact that he’s a blithering idiot," Stevens said in an interview with the Huffington Post.
Admitting that he isn't privy to insider knowledge from the Democratic leadership, Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Bernstein suggested that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be playing a much longer game on the possibility of impeachment hearings on Donald Trump than her detractors believe.
Wondering, "Is Nancy Pelosi closer to impeachment?' Bernstein writes, "Usually, when a regular bill or resolution has been introduced, it’s then referred to committee. If the majority party doesn’t want to consider the bill, it will die with no further action. Under House rules, however, any member can force an impeachment resolution onto the floor as pending business. That’s what [Rep. Al] Green (D-TX) did Wednesday."
On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump held a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, where he singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), accusing her and the other Democratic congresswomen known as "the Squad" of not loving America.
In response, the crowd began to shout "Send her back!"
Trump allowed the crowd to continue the chant for a full 12 seconds before continuing his speech.
The next day, amidst criticism that he was riling up his fans to dangerous levels, Trump claimed that he had indeed shut down the chant, in direct contradiction to the video. New York Times journalist Peter Baker reported Trump's claim on Twitter.
Maddow shows lewd retro video of Trump bragging about planting open-mouth kiss on TV host — and then it gets worse
Stephen Colbert mocks Eric Trump in a way that must be seen to be believed
Yale psychiatrist: Trump using racism as a coping mechanism as his mental state rapidly deteriorates
MSNBC’s Maddow: Trump is freaking out because of what is about to unspool tomorrow morning
‘Names are going to start coming out’: New report says more elites will be exposed in the Epstein case — and ‘DC is on edge’
Ex-GOP rep. blasts his own party over racist Trump rallies: ‘Republicans are going to get wiped out in 2020’
‘The president is lying’: Trump gets immediately debunked by CNN after claiming he stopped ‘send her back’ chant
Trump’s racism isn’t a grand plan to win in 2020 — he’s just a ‘blithering idiot’: GOP strategist
Here is why Nancy Pelosi allowed a House impeachment vote
Top House Republican defends Trump: ‘I didn’t get to see’ racist rally but president ‘moved on with his speech’
Ex-GOP rep. blasts his own party over racist Trump rallies: ‘Republicans are going to get wiped out in 2020’
‘The president is lying’: Trump gets immediately debunked by CNN after claiming he stopped ‘send her back’ chant
Meghan McCain feels victimized by Trump’s attacks on Omar: ‘You’re taking away my agency to criticize her’
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