Gohmert gives up safe seat in Congress to lose TX AG bid. He came in last.

[Nevilledog]

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Lola Gayle
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Louie Gohmert is so dumb he gave up a safe House seat only to come up short in his bid to become the new Texas AG. Actually finished last in a four-person primary. Womp womp, Goober. @MuellerSheWrote

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Gohmert comes up short in bid for Texas attorney general - Roll Call
Nine-term Rep. Louie Gohmert took on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a four-person primary but did not advance to the runoff Tuesday.
12:40 PM · Mar 2, 2022

https://rollcall.com/2022/03/02/gohmert-comes-up-short-in-bid-for-texas-attorney-general/


I stopped reading after they called him a *firebrand*.

[Deuxcents]

1. He and Nunes..real smart, thankfully

[Faux pas]

2. Lol

couldn't have happened to a "nicer" loser.

[NewDayOranges]

3. 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅...

[hlthe2b]

4. Does that mean we are RID of him at the end of this term?

Hallelujah!

[Nevilledog]

5. Yes, but he'll probably keep showing up cuz he doesn't realize it.

[KentuckyWoman]

9. Alternative facts

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. Yeah, he's not clever enough to try and pull a "George Costanza". Keep showing

up, pretending like he never quit.

[Nevilledog]

14. He wouldn't be pretending. He's just that stupid.

[Demovictory9]

22. Lol 😀

[UTUSN]

6. The *up* side for us him OUT as congresscritter. But we're still hostage to TX wingnut voters;

Because George PEE Shrub made it into the runoff. The lesser of two evils (PEE and PAXTON) is still evil. PAXTON will probably win. If PEE got to the General and win, he wouldn't be much better than PAXTON, wouldn't do public good because all he's doing is subsistence saving of his pitiful career. It shows how desperate we are that even GOHMERT (to get rid of PAXTON) seemed like somebody to cheer for.

The BUSH Family Evil Empire figured out generations ago that Texas is easy pickings for Repukes, butter for a hot knife. Notice that PEE has been over there instead of his home state of Florida?

[mercuryblues]

31. I hope someone convinces him to run a write-in campaign.

split the vote in the general election.

[tblue37]

7. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[lame54]

8. You're sure he's not coming back? Don't tease me

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. No worries

He can always get a job as a carnival geek.

[allegorical oracle]

42. We musn't bask in sunshine too quickly...Louie could return as AG in a second drumpf term--nt

[democratsruletheday]

12. A "firebrand"?

What a friggin' joke. This guy emits a trail of slime when he walks. I'd sooner sit down with Jim Jordan for a beer than this door jam. Jordan is also reprehensible but seemingly not illiterate like LG.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. Not just illiterate but ilcognate. nt

[Haggard Celine]

39. He isn't illiterate. He got his law degree in 1977. He's just an idiot.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert

[MagickMuffin]

13. Perhaps he should sue for it being rigged

Because we all know in his firebrand mind that's what he thinks!

[madamesilverspurs]

15. Oh noes!

Now who will hog the camera at the end of every legislative day? And will he leave his supply of asparagus for his replacement?



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[patphil]

16. I clicked on the url at the bottom of the post.

I didn't get the rollcall.com article, I got:

something has gone wrong

Yeah, something definitely went wrong for Louie.
Too bad Louie.

[Nevilledog]

20. It came up for me, but like I said, once I saw firebrand I was out.

[nature-lover]

17. I'm hoping the Jan 6 commission is coming for him.

[Karadeniz]

18. Well, he was a known quantity as an enemy of truth...Lord knows what we'll get next !

[ToxMarz]

21. You say 'firebrand'

I say 'hemorrhoid'

[lastlib]

24. "Pustule" works for me.

I'm not saying he's stupid, but I have little doubt that in a battle of smarts, a leafy vegetable could take him.

[PlanetBev]

23. Oh, no!

We’ve lost Screwy Lewie? Say it isn’t so!

[Rhiagel]

25. Shazam!

[Marcuse]

26. His village will send its backup idiot to DC.

[momta]

35. I grew up in Gohmert's district.

Believe me, there is no shortage of morons for them to send to Congress.

[usaf-vet]

27. Good for Congress and good for Texas. And ESPECIALLY good for DU not having to deal with that moron.

[Zorro]

28. Sheesh. Now who's going to take his spot as dumbest Congresscritter?

Might be Gosar, but it's a tough list of competitors.

[Moostache]

29. The list includes many potentials...

Gaetz?
Gosar?
Greene?

That's just in the "G's" alphabetically!

That fool Boehbert has to make the list as well...although at one time it was a dead heat between Gohmert and Steve King of Iowa...now its an open race!

Throw a brick in the air around the GOP caucus and you might hit a new "winner, winner chicken dinner" member for the honor of "dumbest congressperson of the Congress".

[Nevilledog]

34. All were heard to whisper, "Now I've got a chance."

[Gore1FL]

44. There is a surplus of qualified candidates. nt

[Solly Mack]

30. Ha! Ha!

[fierywoman]

32. (There IS a God!!!...)

[KS Toronado]

33. By *firebrand*, did they mean "pants-on-fire"?

[Paladin]

36. I hope this is the end of Louie's political life.

That would be a blessing.

[Patterson]

37. He had to give up a seat to run in a primary?

Is he out on the street or does he wait until his term expires? Luke he rerun in the special election?

[lonely bird]

38. Better at representing conservative values?

I forgot, stupidity is a conservative value.

[vlyons]

40. thank god

nt

[VGNonly]

41. He recently wondered

if the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management could alter the orbits of the Earth and Moon to combat global warning.

[Get Me Outta Here]

43. Translated to Assholese:

“He won.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. I am happy the Louie lost

[Hortensis]

46. Great. Hope fourth is an indicator. :)

Gohmert will be replaced by Nathaniel Moran, a strong Republican, of course. Although Stuart Rothenberg says Trump would have won this district 72-26 percent if he were running (!), in the little I saw on looking up Moran, he sounded as if he was running on more traditional Republican values (like "pushing back against cultural Marxism" ) and didn't rabblerouse like a trumpist. So maybe his big win is an indicator.

For those who don't go there, Roll Call covers congress and is well regarded, with a reputation for being nonpartisan. (Wish we had a lot more of those!) Their journalists are all required to be housebroken and able to talk with professional restraint around and about congress's people. A Roll Call dictionary explaining what "firebrand" may be a euphemism for would defeat the purpose, so the better informed readers are, the more accurate, and rounded, their takeaway. I think most of us have a fair idea of what Gohmert the "firebrand" means.