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Louie Gohmert: “We have an obligation to the 50 American states, not the 57 Muslim Islamic states, that our oath we took is in this body…”

On the recordJune 19, 2011
We have an obligation to the 50 American states, not the 57 Muslim Islamic states, that our oath we took is in this body in this House.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert emphasizes the obligation to the U.S. states over any perceived obligations to Islamic states.

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