Gohmert wants a paper coup. Pence should shut it down.

[struggle4progress]

By Jeffrey Abramson

... According to Gohmert’s bizarre and frightening lawsuit, the Constitution gives the vice president total authority to count or not count electoral votes any way he wants, throwing out ballots for Joe Biden, and substituting enough votes for Donald Trump to steal the election.

... the .. fact that a sitting member of the House of Representatives has called upon the vice president to unilaterally overturn an election is terrifying. It is the stuff that historically paved the way for fascism. It is an open call to the vice president to engage in what we would not hesitate to call treason if done by outside agitators.

If Gohmert were correct about how the electoral vote counting on January 6 should work, there would be no sense voting, no point to holding elections, and no reason for the Electoral College to meet. Vice President Pence, according to Gohmert, would have dictatorial powers to decide who is our next president ...

Pence must not wait until January 6 to tell us what he thinks of Gohmert’s plans for sabotaging democracy ...

https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/your-voice/2020/12/31/louie-gohmert-wants-mike-pence-help-him-sabotage-democracy/4093925001/

[marble falls]

1. Very well explained.

[dchill]

2. "Pence must not wait..."

But he will. He's as crazy as any of the other bedbugs.

[DanieRains]

3. Louie Belongs In North Korea

Where they have a government he can understand.

[brush]

4. That is of course ridiculous. The VP has no such powers.

Gohmert is out of his fu_king mind.

[grumpyduck]

5. The media is giving these assholes too much coverage.

Gohmert just wants media attention, and by now they've all figured out how to get it.

Not worth the pixels they're using up.

[David__77]

8. I disagree on that point. I don't think coverage of this is helpful to them.

And I don’t think it raises likelihood of them doing such things. Once they’re divested of state power, it’s a different matter.

[grumpyduck]

10. There's a saying in show business:

"There's no such thing as bad publicity."

If it gets their name out there, it helps them, because all some of these assholes want is attention and recognition. Like that thing in the Oval Office, some people just like to see their name in print.

Interesting pieces that describe a lot of them:

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/attention-seeking-behavior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality_disorder

[babylonsister]

6. Pence declined to back Gohmert-led effort to upend election, lawyers indicate

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/29/pence-gohmert-electoral-college-count-452040

[servermsh]

7. I think Pence's response to Gohmert's lawsuit is due by this evening n/t

[Baclava]

9. I can't wait for the fireworks when the whole shitshow blows up in their faces

Need more popcorn

[colsohlibgal]

11. Dumbbells On Parade

I think Gohmert seems an example of Deevolution. Not sure he is cracking anywhere near 3 digits on the IQ scale.