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Louie Gohmert: Although there are apparently those in the media that think it is fun to belittle people who express their great…

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
Although there are apparently those in the media that think it is fun to belittle people who express their great sympathy, thoughts, and prayers for the victims and their families out in San Bernardino, California, right now, those of us who care do extend our thoughts and prayers for those people. We don't know quite yet who the perpetrators were. I think this is important, as we have been talking about Syrian refugees quite a bit the last few weeks, and the President's intention to bring Syrian refugees into this country. Our friend, Senator Jeff Sessions, provided a list of 12 vetted refugees from areas where we actually had material, where we had information. Unlike the Syrian refugees, the FBI and Homeland Security felt they had plenty of information to vet these individuals, did vet them, thoroughly checked them out, and then brought them into the country. This article from Neil Munro is dated November 24, 2015. He mentions: ``Senator Jeff Sessions is out with a list of 12 vetted refugees who quickly joined jihad plots to attack the United States. ``He's spotlighting the refugees-turned-jihadis because he's trying to prod GOP leaders into halting Congress' normal practice of giving the President huge leeway to import foreign migrants and refugees into the United States.'' It goes on: ``Obama says the new refugees will be vetted. But top security officials say the Syrians can't be vetted because the U.S.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Dec 2, 2015

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