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Louie Gohmert: Now, that is just blatantly not true, absolutely not true. Using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement. That…

On the recordMay 26, 2010
Now, that is just blatantly not true, absolutely not true. Using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement. That is, it flies in the face of the facts and the facts of this bill. But then he goes on, and here's the part where I believe my friend would agree with me in congratulating the President, not on the first part of the quote, because he's applying this to the Arizona law, but he says the new law ``carries a great amount of risk when core values that we all care about are breached.'' But the part that is in there is so important to us in the United States, and that is that there is ``a great amount of risk when core values that we all care about are breached.'' Now, I grew up with my mother and dad telling me if I ever have an emergency, if I'm ever in trouble, look for someone in uniform because I can trust them.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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May 26, 2010

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Gohmert addresses concerns about racial profiling in relation to the Arizona law and its implications for core values.

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