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Louie Gohmert: “Can anybody explain to me why we should have a preference for people that violated the law more than 5 years as opposed…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
Can anybody explain to me why we should have a preference for people that violated the law more than 5 years as opposed to maybe new lawbreakers?
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert questions the logic of favoring long-term lawbreakers over new ones.

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