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Louie Gohmert: I thought it was appropriate, FOX News had this headline: ``Farewell to Representative Walter Jones--a man who lived his…

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
I thought it was appropriate, FOX News had this headline: ``Farewell to Representative Walter Jones--a man who lived his life putting people above politics.'' Another headline from W. James Antle: ``Walter Jones and the Road Not Taken.'' Another from CBN News, Crystal Woodall: ``A Man of Faith, Honesty and Integrity.'' He was all of those. He, I guess, manifested a bit of what Robert Frost talked about when he said: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. That was Walter Jones. He was not going to take the easy way. He was going to--and did--have great integrity, great conscience, and fulfilled his commitment to the people in his district in North Carolina. Those attributes, he would say, go back to his Christian commitment. He said on one occasion, There are some documents you can't rewrite, and truthfully, one of them is the Bible. He said, For over 15 years, I have led the charge to return freedom of speech to our churches and houses of worship. During that time, I have spoken with countless legal experts, and we believe the clearest avenue to rectifying those First Amendment rights is a full repeal of the Johnson amendment. He also said, America was built on Judeo-Christian values, and these values should be protected.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Mar 5, 2019

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