Gohmert speaks of street violence after his lawsuit has been dismissed

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Rep. Louie GohmertLouis (Louie) Buller Gohmert Court Rejects Gohmert’s Election Case Against Pence Pence ‘Welcomes’ Legislators’ Efforts to “ Object’ ‘to Electoral College Results Judge Rejects Gohmert’s Election Case Against Pence MORE (R-Texas) responded Saturday to the dismissal of his lawsuit against Vice President Pence, telling Newsmax that a court’s refusal to force Pence to reverse the presidential election results essentially served as a call to Americans to instigate violence in the street.

“The bottom line is, the court says, ‘We’re not going to touch this. You have no cure,’” Gohmert told Newsmax.

Essentially, the statement would be, ‘You have to take to the streets and be as violent as antifa, BLM,’ he added.

Gohmert was referring to protests that sometimes turned violent during the summer when anti-fascist protesters and Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd during meetings with law enforcement personnel.

Gohmert denounced the court and others for hearing no evidence that he and other allies had President TrumpDonald Trump – Court of Appeals Dismiss Gohmert’s Election Case Against Pence Kentucky Governor Calls Vandalism In McConnell’s House ‘Unacceptable’ Pence Welcomes’ Efforts by Lawmakers to ‘Object’ to Electoral College Results MORE will prove that widespread voter fraud took place during the 2020 election. Dozens of lawsuits in several major battlefield states brought by the Trump campaign have been dismissed with no evidence of widespread electoral fraud.

Top federal officials such as ex-attorney general William BarrBill Barr Senate Democrats Rebuke GOP Colleagues Saying They Will Oppose Electoral College Results 11 Senate Republicans Say They Will Oppose Electoral College Results Wednesday Proud Boys to Attend Jan. 6 DC rallies ‘incognito’ MORE and former cybersecurity chief Christopher Krebs have also vouched for election security.

Gohmert’s lawsuit, joined by other House Republicans, served as a long-term effort to enforce the president’s desire to reverse the November election results that his legal advisers have been pursuing for weeks while accusing him of fraud in key battlefield states such as Georgia. Pennsylvania and Michigan.

A federal appeals court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit from Gohmert and other Republicans seeking to expand Pence’s legal authority to effectively overthrow the president-elect Joe BidenJoe Biden – Court of Appeals Dismiss Gohmert’s Election Case Against Pence Romney: Plan to Challenge Election ‘Blatant Trick’ That ‘Land Dangerously Threatens Pence’ ‘Welcomes’ Legislators’ Efforts to’ Object ‘to Results of Election electoral college MORE‘s election victory.

The congressman’s comments come ahead of a Jan. 6 meeting scheduled for the streets of Washington, DC, a last-ditch effort by Trump supporters to show opposition to Congressional certification of the Electoral College’s vote, which is the same. day will take place.

Fears of a scene similar to the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia massacre have led some DC companies, including a hotel frequented by the far-right “Proud Boys” organization, to shut down for the day of the rally.

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