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Anti-Immigration Hardliners Turn To Beck For Help: We're 'Losing Badly'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 06.14.2013 | Politics

Concerned that their side was "losing badly" on immigration reform, a trio of congressional hardliners appeared on Glenn Beck's Blaze TV program on Th...

GOP All-Stars Gather At Faith And Freedom Coalition

AP | Posted 06.13.2013 | Politics

BY STEVE PEOPLES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The fight for the soul of the Republican Party intensifies this week as Republican leaders gather in Washing...

GOP Rep Calls Out Christie-Obama 'Bromance'

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 06.05.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Tuesday, claiming he wouldn't be surprised if Christie failed to appoint...

The Tea Party Queen Is Dead. Long Live Ted Cruz.

Jason Stanford | Posted 06.03.2013 | Politics
Jason Stanford

Michele Bachmann's absence leaves a leadership void among the radical Tea Party faction that turned the House of Representatives into an ungovernable mob and her briefly to frontrunner status in the 2012 Republican presidential primary.

Friday Talking Points -- Pivoting To Other News

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Some weeks, not much happens in political news, and other weeks it seems like almost too much happens. This was one of the latter types of week.

GOP Rep Tells Woman She Should Have Carried Brain-Dead Fetus To Term, Just In Case

The Huffington Post | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics

At a congressional hearing Thursday on an abortion bill that would ban the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told a ...

The Crazy Uncle Party

Richard J. Rosendall | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
Richard J. Rosendall

Our national politics increasingly resembles a party in which your crazy uncle got hold of the karaoke microphone and won't give it back until he finishes a paranoid rant. Maybe if you pour him another Manhattan, he'll pass out before all your guests leave.

Laura Bassett

Republicans Use Gosnell Case To Push Restrictive Abortion Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told reporters on Wednesday that there is a "good chance" House leadership will bring his nationwide 20-week...

Gohmert Rails Against 'Tyrannical Government'

The Huffington Post | Nick Abrams | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) took to the podium at a tea party press conference on Thursday in order to air his grievances with President Barack Obama...

Gohmert EXPLODES At Eric Holder

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

A visibly infuriated Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) tore into Attorney General Eric Holder after his time expired in a House Judiciary Committee hearing...

Sabrina Siddiqui

GOP Lawmaker Blasts Senate Immigration 'Amnesty Bill'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has never been one to mince words when he disagrees with a piece of legislation. But the congressman found a fe...

Detente Between California and Texas?

Stu Kreisman | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics
Stu Kreisman

Look, I know Texas and California don't get along. To the Gomerts, Perrys and Cruzes and the people who voted for them we will always be the Hollywood, pot smoking, satanic, porn loving lefties. However, all I met were people that would fit right in here on the left coast.

GOP Rep: Obama 'Influenced' By 'Muslim Brotherhood Members'

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said he thinks "Muslim brotherhood members" have "influence" in President Barack Obama's administration. In an intervi...

Republicans, Latinos and the Immigration Debate

Ryan Campbell | Posted 04.22.2013 | Latino Voices
Ryan Campbell

The battle over S.B. 1070, "self-deportation" and the filibuster of the DREAM Act are all in the memory of Latino voters. The more congresspeople like Gohmert, King and Sessions rail against immigration reform, the more the Republicans' recent history with Latinos will remain an issue.

GOP Rep: Radical Islamists Being Trained To 'Act Like Hispanic'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) warned Wednesday that "radical Islamists" are being "trained to act like Hispanic[s]" and cross the U.S.-Mexico border. ...

GOP Rep Manages To Link Gun Control To Bestiality

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) linked gun control to gay marriage on a conference call that took place in February -- and was reported by Right Wing Wat...

GOP Rep's Parking Ticket Flap Faces Scrutiny

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) may have argued his way out of a parking ticket on March 13, but that doesn't mean he's getting off without a hitch. ...

GOP Rep Got 'Rude And Irate' Over $25 Parking Ticket

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Nobody likes getting a parking ticket, and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is reportedly not an exception. According to a Park Police report obtained ...

Jennifer Bendery

Louie Gohmert: I Probably Shouldn't Have Said 'Numb' When I Called John McCain 'Numbnuts'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) sort of apologized to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday for calling him "numbnuts" last July, but mai...

Gohmert Slams HuffPost 'Simpletons,' Gets Hit With Epic Comeback

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), perhaps best known for warning against a terrorist plot to have babies on U.S. soil, took aim at the "simpletons" of The...

Michelangelo Signorile

Texas State Rep: Gay Marriage Puts U.S. 'On Road To Dust Bin Of History'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.14.2013 | Gay Voices

At the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. today, Texas GOP Representative Louie Gohmert reacted to over 100 Republicans ...

Gohmert Relitigates Vietnam, Advocates For Balouchistan Independence

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Thursday struck a markedly hawkish tone at a CPAC panel, asserting that the Vietnam War had been "winnable." "Peopl...

Bloomberg: Obama Should Be Playing Golf Every Weekend

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics

Of the biggest criticisms levied against President Barack Obama, atop the list is the claim that the commander-in-chief struggles at schmoozing. I...

Zach Carter

Tour-niquet: Flow Of Tourists Soon To Stop Through White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.08.2013 | Politics

A few dozen visitors went to the White House on Friday for what may prove to be the final spin through the presidential palace on the government's dim...

GOP Lawmaker Targets Obama's Golf Trips

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) proposed an amendment to the continuing spending resolution that would prevent the government from paying for President B...