President Trump is not the only master troll in the Republican Party. Repuplican Representative for Texas, Louie Gohmert, has introduced a bill to ban the Democrat Party from Congress based on the party’s history of upholding slavery and the Confederacy. Gohmert noted, “that is the standard to which they are holding everyone else, so the name change needs to occur.”
He continued, “Whereas on June 18, 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the removal from the capital portraits of four previous speakers of the House who served in the Confederacy, saying that these portraits ‘set back our nation’s work to confront and combat bigotry.’ The men depicted in the portraits were Democrat Robert M.T. Hunter, Democrat Howell Cobb, Democrat James L. Orr, and Democrat Charles F. Crisp.”
WATCH: GOP's Rep. Louie Gohmert introduces resolution to ban Democratic Party: "That any political organization or party that has ever held a public position that supported slavery or the Confederacy shall either change its name or barred from participation in the House." pic.twitter.com/iXSEw8gzqi
— The Hill (@thehill) July 23, 2020
Congressman calls for Democratic Party to be banned from Congress over pro-slavery roots
Well done @replouiegohmert for working to purge historic racism from Congress. I feel certain Dems will be totally on board. Nancy will say, "Ice cream for everyone!" https://t.co/9oqeUI4qf2
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 23, 2020
Gohmert said Congress should be “Resolved that the speaker of the House of Representatives shall remove any item that named symbolizes or mentions any political organization or party that has ever held a public position that supported slavery or the Confederacy from any area within the House wing of the Capitol or any House office building and shall donate such item or symbol to the Library of Congress, and two, that any political organization or party that has ever held a public position that supported slavery of the Confederacy shall either change its name or be barred from participation in the House of Representatives.”
Gohmert later tweeted that “The time has come for Democrats to acknowledge their party’s loathsome and bigoted past, and consider changing their party name to something that isn’t so blatantly and offensively tied to slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, and the KKK. #CancelDemocrats”
Can we get some consistency in Democratic virtue signalling?
Gohmert also released a statement saying that “As outlined in the resolution, a great portion of the history of the Democratic Party is filled with racism and hatred. Since people are demanding we rid ourselves of the entities, symbols, and reminders of the repugnant aspects of our past, then the time has come for Democrats to acknowledge their party’s loathsome and bigoted past, and consider changing their party name to something that isn’t so blatantly and offensively tied to slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan.”
The statement goes on to say “As the country watches violent Leftists burn our cities, tear down our statues and call upon every school, military base and city street to be renamed, it is important to note that past atrocities these radicals claim to be so violently offensive were largely committed by members in good standing of the Democratic Party. Whether it be supporting the most vile forms of racism or actively working against Civil Rights legislation, Democrats in this country perpetuated these abhorrent forms of discrimination and violence practically since their party’s inception.”
Gohmert’s statement concludes, “To avoid triggering innocent bystanders by the racist past of the Democratic Party, I would suggest they change their name. That is the standard to which they are holding everyone else, so the name change needs to occur.”
