Shame On Him: Louie Gohmert invokes Giffords shooting as reason not to hold town hall

[kpete]

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Thursday invoked the 2011 shooting of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) at a constituent event as a reason not to hold a public town hall.

"At this time there are groups from the more violent strains of the leftist ideology, some even being paid, who are preying on public town halls to wreak havoc and threaten public safety," Gohmert said in a statement.

"Threats are nothing new to me and I have gotten my share as a felony judge. However, the House Sergeant at Arms advised us after former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot at a public appearance, that civilian attendees at Congressional public events stand the most chance of being harmed or killed—just as happened there."

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320778-gop-rep-invokes-giffords-shooting-as-reason-not-to-hold-town-hall
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/23/1636854/-Louie-Gohmert-invokes-Giffords-shooting-as-reason-not-to-hold-town-hall

[Turbineguy]

1. Easy answer: send

a Soldier in your place. Why risk your own life? Send somebody else's kid to die at a town hall!

[angrychair]

2. Yea

Who needs to meet with those ignorant peasants anyway. I'll just use an event that happened 6 years ago, in a different state, as an excuse.

I'm Lou fucking Gohmert and I'm royalty damn it!


....now I am having this $10,000 a plate fund raiser the common people may attend....

[MineralMan]

3. Piss off, Louie! There's a good lad.

[superpatriotman]

4. Coward, scumbag, f*ckface

Yellow, commie, ratfink, whiny little bitch!

[GeorgeGist]

5. An party of cowards.

[lunasun]

6. Why doesn't he show up armed? Thought that was the solution that things like that do not happen

if everyone is armed

[BumRushDaShow]

7. WTF?

So then ban guns!!!!

[BeckyDem]

8. A sign they are scared shitless of their constituents. Not due to his excuse exploiting Giffords

but the fact these people are not buying their bullshit any longer. As Hillary sad recently, cant stand the heat, get out.