McCain: Louie Gohmert Has ‘No Intelligence’

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas talks during a TV interview about the impasse over federal funding and the Affordable Care Act, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hours before a threatened government ... Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas talks during a TV interview about the impasse over federal funding and the Affordable Care Act, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hours before a threatened government shutdown, the Senate has the next move Monday on must-do budget legislation that has fueled a bitter congressional dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) threw verbal punches at each other Wednesday night and Thursday morning, respectively, in an ongoing tiff between the two lawmakers.

On Wednesday, McCain said Gohmert had “no intelligence” in response to Gohmert’s charge that McCain is an al-Qaeda supporter.

“Sometimes comments like that are made out of malice, but if someone has no intelligence I don’t feel it as being a malicious statement,” McCain said on NBC News. “But yes, there’s polarization here, and there’s a lack of civility.”

Gohmert responded Thursday, saying that McCain “would be better off with ‘no intelligence.'”

“Obviously, Senator McCain would be better off with ‘no intelligence’ since he does not know the Syrian opposition he met with is infested with al-Qaeda and terrorist kidnappers,” Gohmert said in a statement to the Daily Beast. “His ‘intelligence’ even caused him to support the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt that burned churches and killed Christians, as the senator stood against the will of the massive majority of Egyptians including moderate Muslims, Christians, and secularists who demanded the Muslim Brotherhood extremist persecutions must end.”

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