Posted on 03/08/2016 5:45:21 PM PST by Kaslin
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) called GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s charge that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was a primary supporter of Chief Justice John Roberts “ludicrous” and “ridiculous.”
Gohmert argued that Trump should not be questioning Cruz’s judgment on Supreme Court nominations since he has donated to Democratic politicians in the past.
“I thought one of the best points made all night long was to point out the hypocrisy,” Gohmert, who has endorsed Cruz, told PJM at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
During the most recent GOP debate in Detroit, Trump addressed Cruz directly, saying, “So we’re listening to the all-talk, no-action politician, and he was the primary supporter of John Roberts, who gave us Obamacare.”
“For Trump to say he was the lead supporter – that is a lie. He said before, ‘You put him up there. He was your guy.’ That was never true. That is a lie, but here again it’s what Trump does so well,” Gohmert said, referring to Cruz’s support for Michael Luttig, a former federal appellate court judge.
“I mean he’s an amazing guy – how you can take the strength of Ted Cruz, being his intellect but especially his integrity, and start saying ‘liar liar liar’ so often and so loud that you have actually attacked a man’s strong suit, his integrity. Actually, it’s doing what Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were the best that I have ever seen in my lifetime – that is what psychologists would say is projecting, where they are liars but they project that onto their opponent,” he added.
Gohmert, a former chief justice on Texas' 12th Court of Appeals, also criticized Trump for donating to liberal politicians mostly from New York, where his business is located.
Trump has defended the contributions as strictly for business reasons.
“I support politicians. In 2008, I supported Hillary Clinton. I supported many other people, by the way. And that was because of the fact that I’m in business. I did support very heavily Ronald Reagan. I also supported George Bush, by the way,” Trump said.
Following the debate, Politifact rated Cruz’s attack on Trump’s contributions to Clinton as half true. Cruz said he wrote 10 checks to Clinton. Politifact found that he made 5 contributions to Clinton’s Senate campaigns over the years but his 2008 election cycle donations were refunded.
“You don’t have to help liberals destroy the country as part of your business. You can make your business helping the country be stronger instead of making more money by helping people that are destroying it. I mean, the fact that he said it was a part of doing business is actually as much a condemnation as I can imagine,” Gohmert said.
Gohmert to Trump: 'You don't have to help liberals' as part of your business
Campaigned? He supported Bush’s nominee.But Roberts was his second choice. In any case, who knew at the time that Roberts would turn in the direction he did? Remember: Benedict Arnold was highly regarded by George Washington.
What about trying to win at all costs? I sincerely hope that your blind faith in Trump is justified. Nothing in his past suggests he is worthy of it.
Louie Gohmert is a great American conservative who stands up all the time. I disagree with him on Trump but I’m not going to bad mouth him.
heard his op-ed? I didn’t know an op-ed is audible?
Too bad loser. Go console Cruz.
Exactly. No one did and that includes President Bush
Yeah sure where was he when they had to practically break Paul’s legs to take the job? Louie? Nowhere!!!!!!!!
I gotta say in that pic Obama completely PWNDed Clinton.
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lol... My first thought, too!
Reminded me of how a beta dog will lie on its back and present his belly when confronted by an alpha dog. Slick Willy lost that staring contest.
Cruz was gushing all right, as well as crowing about his own DC insider experience.
I think he would make a very good chief deputy US Attorney General.
Sessions, Giuliani and Cruz could really clean the legal stables Obama is leaving behind.
Gohmert has done in the House what he promised his voters he would do; he has supported the Constitution and conservative values and other politicians.
And even Cruz admitted he campaigned for Roberts.
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Nope. Cruz was pushing someone else, but he did vote to confirm Roberts. ...He’s repeated that multiple times on the campaign trail after Trump accused him of being a yuuuuuge backer of Roberts.
He is a great guy, but what victories has he won for the base?
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Do you expect every one of the 535 people in Congress to pass earth-shattering legislation?
Gohmert has often gained victories by gathering others to his views/amendments to vote down legislation proposed by the Dems, just as Cruz did with Rubio’s Gang of 8 amnesty bill.
He ran for Speaker against Boner.
Got memory loss?
Oh brother. What a dang liar. Nobody ran which is why they had to offer all kinds of goodies to Ryan to take it. You must have been asleep or deemed it or something. Paul said he needed to ensure he was able to go home every weekend or he would not take the position. He was offered other things to make him take the job which he did not want at all. They did a good job forcing him to take it though.
To be fair, I wanted to send you one of many articles showing Ryan was forced. Poor guy. I would hate to be forced to take a job I wouldn’t want. He said he did it for the country. No word of Gohmert wanting it or even interested.
You KNOW I left out the word “of” his op-ed. But since you’re wrong you just decide to be a smart ass. Go away and waste your vote on Cruz.
I hope Kaslin and the rest read your post to me.
Louie Gomez is great, but he’s south of the border on Trump.
I never said Gohmert ran against Ryan. If you only read what I posted, he ran against Boehner.
You are a disgusting individual.
http://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398171
Oh well. Go trump! I know you think I’m disgusting which is fine, but it’s not about me. It’s about getting trump to the White House. It is very important for our country. You yelling at me does not accomplish that. So I will rise above your petty comments and focus on last night which was trump night and thank God for it!
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