Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) opted for an odd word choice in his statement about the mosque massacre in New Zealand, saying “there are courts, dispute resolutions, and legislatures to resolve controversies – there is no place for cold blooded murders.”
It is unclear what controversy Gohmert is responding to that could have been settled in a courtroom, as the shooter seems to have been motivated by his white supremacy ideology and desire to quash immigration worldwide.
A spokeswoman for Gohmert did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Forty-nine people have died so far from the shooting, and dozens more are injured.
Read Gohmert’s full statement here:
“The shootings at the New Zealand mosques are egregiously reprehensible. The shooters need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law along with anyone who knowingly aided their efforts in any way. There are courts, dispute resolutions, and legislatures to resolve controversies – there is no place for cold blooded murders. Though New Zealand does not have the death penalty, hopefully its people, through their justice system, will send the message loudly and clearly that such barbarity from anyone will not be tolerated.”
Shorter Gohmert: There’s a right way and a wrong way to do these things.
“Stop shooting folks while we’re packing the courts.”
The controversy of nonwhite people existing.
So the guy who thinks that extra-judicial militias are an appropriate response to immigration also thinks that the “controversy” here should have been settled in court. Thanks for the update, Louie. Now get your meds adjusted.
Louie! Louie, do you know what you could have said instead? You could have said nothing! You weren’t required to offer your brilliant analysis of the atrocity in New Zealand! You could have just kept your fucking trap shut!
Gadzooks.