[eartrumpet]

From the article:

In trying to get a chance to respond to Holder’s comments, a flustered Gohmert shot back, “[Do not] cast aspersions on my asparagus.”

I heard Gohmert on a satellite radio show last night. He said the phrase goes back to a famous prosecutor he admires. The guy would say it when the tension in the courtroom was too high and he needed people to relax a little. Gohmert said he used it many times while a judge or attorney. He said Holder thought it was a gaffe and was using it to embarrass and call attention to Gohmert's earlier mistake when it wasn't a mistake at all.

[BenLurkin]

Hard to believe somebody would say something that dopey in court. Makes Gohmert look like a Gomer.

[Lazamataz]

I heard Gohmert on a satellite radio show last night. He said the phrase goes back to a famous prosecutor he admires. The guy would say it when the tension in the courtroom was too high and he needed people to relax a little. Gohmert said he used it many times while a judge or attorney. He said Holder thought it was a gaffe and was using it to embarrass and call attention to Gohmert's earlier mistake when it wasn't a mistake at all.

Snopes says this is false. Gohmert said 'experience'.