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FILE - Rep. Louie Gohmert, D-Texas, discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"People like Louie Gohmert, who presented an American flag that was flown over the Capitol to a Jan. 6 rioter and told them they were a patriot — it’s disgusting," Ken Sicknick said in aTexas Rep. Louie Gohmert catches COVID, and criticism But Gohmert was also a spreader of fringe — and often baseless — theories, rising to prominence with warnings of"terror babies" being sent to the country by foreign enemies.
"It takes away everything my brother’s done," Ken Sicknick said."It takes away the heroism my brother showed." "We used to make our interns watch the Gohmert hour, so they could learn from the great Louie Gohmert," said U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, an Austin Republican whose district stretches to San Antonio."I took to heart watching the passion of Congressman Gohmert coming to the floor of the House and using this floor to speak to people, and using this floor to be able to communicate why we’re here.
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