Condemning and censuring Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 19 Condemning and censuring Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 5, 2021 Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Condemning and censuring Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas. Whereas, on January 1, 2021, in a television interview with Newsmax, Representative Louie Gohmert stated that in response to the dismissal of his Federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, ‘‘Basically, in effect, the ruling would be that you’ve got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.’’; Whereas Representative Gohmert has made previous com- ments insisting the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from President Donald Trump and that urged Trump’s supporters to consider a ‘‘revolution’’ like the 2013 Egyptian protests in which hundreds of Egyptians died, stating that ‘‘If they can do that there, think of what we can do here.’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:33 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR19.IH HR19 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 19 IH Whereas Representative Gohmert’s comments are contradic- tory to our longstanding tradition to set aside partisan differences and accept electoral outcomes in order to fa- cilitate a peaceful transition of power; Whereas Representative Gohmert’s comments are part of a dangerous pattern of signaling to American citizens that they should consider using violent means to achieve their goals, including overthrowing the results of a legitimate democratic election; Whereas continued efforts to cast doubt upon the results of the 2020 presidential election by espousing conspiracy theories and by threatening and inciting violence has the potential to lead to tragic consequences, causing irrep- arable damage toward the people’s faith in our demo- cratic process; and Whereas Representative Gohmert’s comments brought shame on the House of Representatives and jeopardized its rep- utation and institutional integrity: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That— 1 (1) Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas be 2 censured; 3 (2) Representative Louie Gohmert forthwith 4 present himself in the well of the House of Rep- 5 resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; and 6 (3) Representative Louie Gohmert be censured 7 with the public reading of this resolution by the 8 Speaker. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:33 Jan 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR19.IH HR19 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS