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Louie Gohmert: I looked at the video anime and was trying to figure it out. I couldn't see it. I am told if you stop it frame by frame…

On the recordNovember 17, 2021
I looked at the video anime and was trying to figure it out. I couldn't see it. I am told if you stop it frame by frame, you can see what my Democrat friends are talking about. I couldn't see it. I tried to freeze-frame, and I saw what I was told was supposed to be our colleague, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. I was insulted for her. If that is supposed to be her, that is really unfair. Madam Speaker, I didn't see the violence being talked about. We should not condone violence. The reason it is so hard to sit here and listen to the condemnation from the other side is because when there was violence against us, there was no condemnation. My wife and I went to a speech at the White House, and I have yet to hear anybody condemn the attempted violence on us. We were chased for two blocks. Rand Paul was on TV when he was chased because he had cameras and Secret Service around him. We didn't have that. If it weren't for a guy popping up and opening a locked door, we would have--I told Kathy: Look, I am afraid they are going to get here before this door is opened. You run on down to Pennsylvania Avenue. There are cops down there. They will be beating on me; you just get away. Nobody has condemned all that violence that I have ever heard. This is where we ought to be able to come together. Oh, and by the way, people who committed violence and did crimes in this building need to be punished.…
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Nov 17, 2021

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