This is rather like putting your fingers in your ears because you can’t stand the truth, isn’t it?
[Representative] Louie Gohmert [(R-TX)] bangs his desk during the opening statement of former deputy attorney general Donald Ayer at a hearing into the politicisation of the Department of Justice under current attorney general, William Barr. Gohmert was threatened with removal after he complained Ayer exceeded his allotted time [The Guardian]
Donald Ayer’s a prominent Democrat, though, so that would justify everything, right? Ooops, he was appointed by Reagan to be a US Attorney, and Bush I as deputy AG. Maybe he’s, like, one of those competent people who are simply horrified by the Trump Administration? That might be a trifle closer to the truth.
There’s a video of the kid at work in the above link. He’s quite the immature legislator.
With a TrumpScore of 85%, Gohmert’s a middlin’ Trumpie. I suspect that Gohmert is appalled at the thought that the ideology he shares with Trump might burn right to the ground as more and more of the truth is disclosed – and cost him a job, even though he wins overwhelming victories in TX-1. So he’ll stick his finger in the dike and hope he can hold back what is beginning to appear to be the entire North Sea.
I’m actually looking forward to hearing the results of his reelection run. With a 46 point win in 2018, he has 23 points to free fall, but if his old buddy Trump continues to mismanage everything he touches, Gohmert might find the floor coming up mighty fast.
