GOP Congressman Mockingly Likens Minorities to ‘Various Lizards’
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Today, in “are you fucking kidding me,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has sparked outrage by comparing the civil rights of minorities to the civil rights of animals.
Gohmert made the remarks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a Republican-sponsored anti-regulatory bill which Democrats have criticized, as it could potentially be used to stifle individual discrimination lawsuits by allowing third parties to intervene in federal regulatory actions. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) offered an amendment that would prevent third parties from doing exactly this in order to block regulation to curtail discrimination based on race, sex, or nationality. In response, Louis Gohmert had this to say: