Rep. Louie Gohmert appeared on Fox News earlier today to discuss the House bill he’s proposed that aims to prevent Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other detainees from being tried in New York City.
Gohmert first claimed that “millions of New Yorkers who will be put at risk” by such a trial, where “you’ve got weak links all along the way. From the jailers, the bailiffs, the clerks, the jurors, the judge, everybody in the courtroom, their families. You’ve got subways, tunnels, bridges, all subject to terrorism.”
Gohmert continued: “Unless they’re trying to create a new jobs bill by allowing terrorism back in New York, then this is insane.” He added, “and even that would be insane.”
He then discusses the implications of such trials for the troops. With terror suspects treated as criminals rather than going before military trials, Gohmert seemed to be suggesting that U.S. troops would become more like cops, who he envisions will have to take their “forensic wagons” into battle “and take DNA and fingerprints.”
“We should not have soldiers in harms way having to gather forensic evidence, and maintaining chain of custody, and using latex gloves out in the field, that is insane,” Gohmert said. “Unless it’s for getting kudos at some international cocktail party or something, this is not good.”
Late Update: Here’s the video:
And here’s a look back at Gohmert’s rambling discussion of sexual orientation, in which he talks about being “oriented toward animals, bestiality” … “oriented toward corpses, toward children.”
