GOP Lawmaker Quotes Pelosi, Immediately Accused of Insurrection

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“Holy shit. Is Gohmer encouraging MORE “uprisings”??!? Did I hear that right??????????” CNN’s Asha Rangappa tweeted.

Rep Louie Gohmert condemned the Democrats’ hypocrisy regarding violent speech, causing unrest among the people, and their obsessive attempts to remove President Trump from office, days before the inauguration of the incoming administration.

“Now the message is if you have a whim, and you want to just go after a president, just go straight to the floor. No investigation. No Judiciary Committee. Go straight to the floor. Use it as a political weapon as you wish. This is so dangerous,” he said.

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Both men echoed the concerns and warnings delivered by Vice President Mike Pence in his letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday. He declined to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office prematurely, stating that he would not overstep his Constitutional power and suggested caution regarding further actions to hold a second impeachment.

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