Political Quotes

“Well, thank you, Mr. Gohmert. I have got to speak to naturalized citizens in the courthouse. Sioux City is a location where we have the most activity there in my district, and I look forward to those events and take that very seriously. In fact, I bring a Constitution to every one of those new students, and this will be an example of it. And I will sign that and date that and present that to them as a cherished document. And in the Constitution, of course, we have also the Declaration of Independence as part of that. And I talk to them about the immigrant heritage of my family and how we had opportunities here and how my ancestors and myself and my children and then my grandchildren, hopefully, will remain grateful for the privilege that this country has offered. And I know that my grandmother came from Germany, and she reared six sons. She sent one to the South Pacific. That was my father. And one was physically unable to serve in the military, and the other four went back to Europe to fight against the old country. {time} 2350 They put their roots down in this country solid and hard from the beginning. And my father went his first day to kindergarten speaking only German. And when he came home from school that day, he said ``hello'' to his mother in German. And she turned to him and said ``Speaking German in this household is for you from now on verboten.…”