As House Hearing Approaches, Gohmert Calls Mueller An ‘Anal Opening’

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s impending congressional testimony has some House Republicans speaking their mind about the square-jawed lawyer.

“He’s done some irreparable damage to some things and he’s got to answer for them,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Politico. “It reinforced the anal opening that I believe Mueller to be.”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) added that his line of questioning would imply that Mueller had nefarious motives for his investigation.

“The obvious question is the one that everyone in the country wants to know: when did you first know there was no conspiracy, coordination or collusion?” Jordan asked Politico. “How much longer did it take Bob Mueller to figure that out? Did he intentionally wait until after 2018 midterms, or what?”

House Democrats have been trying to wrangle Mueller before various committees for months, hoping that questioning him on live TV will help bring the report to life for the many Americans who didn’t read his report. Based on their early comments, Republicans are taking the opposite tack of trying to paint Mueller as someone who was out to get President Donald Trump with his probe.

Mueller is slated to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 17.

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  1. I am willing to bet that Mueller knows how to handle the Repuke assholes. They are pretty stupid to telegraph their intentions but I am sure he knew it was going to happen anyway.

  2. Yeah, well, you better stay far away from it, Louie. You may get soiled when it does it’s thing.
    But, you’re too stupid to stay away. You always return to your own vomit.

  3. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    Projection has become an art form in the Trump era.
    Especially among the Freedom Cockheads.
    Anal Opening?
    If there’s a better description of Gohmert for the history books of the future, I can’t think of it…

  4. Gohmert can’t even be crudely abusive without being just weird and creepy at it. I don’t blame Mueller for not wanting to subject himself to this but he’ll just have to Strzokify these guys and get righteously angry on them. It’s just a sad chapter for the country but we all have to live through it I guess. :nauseated_face:

  5. What does Gohmert (and clown company) signify here?

    Trump (who gave the Order to discredit Mueller as much as possible before he speaks) is scared RIGHT NOW.

    The fact that he is doing this 17 days ahead of time (as opposed to a few days) tell me the level of “scared”.

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