Louie Gohmert: “I thank the gentleman. I want to finish by commenting on the comments of our President, particularly in the context of…”

“I thank the gentleman. I want to finish by commenting on the comments of our President, particularly in the context of what has gone on in the world. The story says that, at a White House event on Wednesday, where the President took questions from Tumblr users, President Obama addressed what he will be doing in the future, but he made these comments that I just feel like we have to address in light of what my friend Mr. Smith and I have been talking about. The President said: I mean, the truth of the matter is that, for all the challenges we face and all the problems that we have, if you had to be--if you had to choose any moment to be born in human history, not knowing what your position was going to be, who you were going to be, you'd choose this time. The world is less violent than it has ever been. It is healthier than it has ever been. It is more tolerant than it has ever been. It is better fed than it's ever been. It is more educated than it's ever been. With regard, though, to the less violent, one doesn't have to look too far to see the kinds of things that are going on in this world. The latest crime statistics indicate violent crime is up, though property crime has gone down. Here is a story from January of this year from Reuters. This is Reuters. This is not a group that has ever been particularly kind to me.…”