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Louie Gohmert: If the gentleman might take a question. I appreciate that clarity. It is clarity that has been missing for a long time.…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2017
If the gentleman might take a question. I appreciate that clarity. It is clarity that has been missing for a long time. We have people screaming that President Trump should not have put a temporary pause that was half as long as the pause President Obama put on. I understand there is so much stress and pressure when you are President; he probably just forgot he put a 6-month ban, previously, on a Muslim nation sending people in. You made so clear the case for concern about Iran, and I am with you. I am thrilled that we have a President that is not choosing to give our lunch money, figuratively speaking, to the big bully in the schoolyard. I don't know if my friend from Florida ever got bullied in elementary school. I did. I learned early on that it doesn't help to give bullies money. They are not going to leave you alone until you stand up to them. Maybe they whip you, but they don't want to go through what you put them through again by standing up to them, so they leave you alone. In our case, we are strong enough to take on any bully; but instead, we paid the big bully, Iran, as you pointed out, massive amounts, billions and billions of dollars. We agreed to pay them up to $150 billion. We have got some friends here in Congress in the House and Senate that were so upset with the President having this 90-day pause on seven countries.…
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Feb 3, 2017

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