Louie Gohmert: “our thoughts and prayers, I know, from all of us here in the House go out to the families of those harmed and the…”

“our thoughts and prayers, I know, from all of us here in the House go out to the families of those harmed and the families of those who were murdered there at Virginia Tech. We do extend our sympathies. It seems like it would be inappropriate to bring up legislation that we are going to have a hearing on today, hate crimes. The hate crimes bill we take up will say we should protect more those with gender identity issues, with homosexuality issues, things like that, than college students, because the message of the bill is this: the hate crimes legislation says the majority of the Congress says that if you are going to hurt someone, if you are going to shoot them, brutalize them, please, make it a random, senseless act of violence like in Virginia. Don't hate them while you're hurting them. That is a ridiculous message to send with legislation and I hope we will rethink it.”