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Louie Gohmert: “It first came to my attention when some of us were traveling to the Middle East last August, a year ago. And a lady on…”

On the recordAugust 11, 2010
It first came to my attention when some of us were traveling to the Middle East last August, a year ago. And a lady on the plane was telling one of our group that they were about to have their second granddaughter. Her husband was with Hamas, her grand -- I'm sorry, her son-in-law was with Hamas and that they were going to do with the second as they did with the first grandchild. The daughter is going to come to America right before it's born on a tourist visa and have the baby. They just like the option of having American citizens in the family. Hamas, we recognize as terrorists. They are coming over -- and oh, she added as a -- as a real kicker -- and you know what the best part of it is? We don't have to pay anything for the baby to be born.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert recounts a conversation about a plan involving Hamas and U.S. citizenship for future terrorists.

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