Tag: Louie Gohmert

This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

By | June 1, 2021 11:36 a.m.

A few prominent Republicans and Trump allies opted to celebrate one of America’s more patriotic federal holidays by hanging out with QAnon supporters and promoting the big lie.

Gohmert And TX GOP Chair Allen West Slated To Join QAnon Celebs At Dallas Conference

By | April 9, 2021 1:30 p.m.

12 House GOPers Opposed Awarding Medals To Police Who Risked Their Lives On Jan. 6

By | March 18, 2021 8:34 a.m.

Gohmert Tries Rewriting History In Competing Bill To Award Gold Medals To Capitol Police

By | March 17, 2021 3:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) questions Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz during a Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs hearing at the US Capitol on December 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Last week the Inspector General released a report on the origins of the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign's possible ties with Russia during the 2016 Presidential elections. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ron Johnson

Where Things Stand: The Value Of Playing The Antifa Card

This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

By | February 25, 2021 1:02 p.m.

The antifa card has been dealt repeatedly this week. And it’s only picking up more steam among the GOP as a vague but ready excuse for all manner of things.

Tucked into a recent Politico report on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to push back on the House’s bid to conduct a bipartisan review of the Jan. 6 insurrection was a clue as to the staying power the actually-it-was-antifa lie will have.