GOP's Gohmert introduces resolution that would ban the Democratic Party

Marina Pitofsky
The Hill
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:20 UTC

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) introduced a House resolution Thursday calling on lawmakers to ban organizations or political groups that have historically supported the Confederacy or slavery in the U.S., a list he said includes the Democratic Party. Gohmert said in a statement:

"A great portion of the history of the Democratic Party is filled with racism and hatred. Since people are demanding we rid ourselves of the entities, symbols, and reminders of the repugnant aspects of our past, then the time has come for Democrats to acknowledge their party's loathsome and bigoted past, and consider changing their party name to something that isn't so blatantly and offensively tied to slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, and the Ku Klux Klan."

The resolution is co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Randy Weber (Texas) and Andy Harris (Md.)

It comes after the House on Wednesday voted to remove from the Capitol statues of people who served in the Confederacy or defended slavery.

The vote followed weeks of nationwide protests against racial inequality and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd. Protests and demonstrations have targeted statues of Confederate leaders, explorer Christopher Columbus, former President Andrew Jackson and others.

Gohmert on Thursday said the legislation

"failed to address the most ever-present historical stigma of the United States Capitol, that is the source that so fervently supported, condoned and fought for slavery that was left untouched, but without whom, the evil of slavery could never have continued as it did to such extremes that it necessary to address here in order for the U.S. House of Representatives to avoid degradation of historical fact and blatant hypocrisy for generations to come."

The Democratic Party supported the institution of slavery during the time of the Civil War, though the modern Democratic and Republican parties bear little resemblance to their 19th century iterations.

Gohmert also cited examples of racist policies within the Democratic Party's history, including former President Woodrow Wilson's endorsement of racial discrimination.

He suggested that the party change its name Thursday, saying that "that is the standard to which they are holding everyone else, so the name change needs to occur."

During a congressional hearing on reparations last year, Gohmert also tried to make the point that Democrats were historically the party that supported slavery, as a protester interrupted by shouting "you lie!"

Comment: Hypocrisy is interesting in observation. There are plenty of candidates in Washington who fine tune this attribute without the slightest ability to self-reflect its usage.

Reader Comments

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· 2020-07-25T21:24:30Z

Rowan Cocoan ·

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· 2020-07-25T21:43:55Z

hobnob · 2020-07-25T22:19:33Z

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Lemuel Gulliver · 2020-07-26T05:25:00Z

"The House on Wednesday voted to remove from the Capitol statues of people who served in the Confederacy or defended slavery."

Why stop there? Why not erase their names from history and airbrush their images out of school textbooks and official pictures, like Stalin used to do?

Washington, District of Columbia could become Benin, District of Ubangi. Joe Biden could become, instead of President, the first White Oba of Benin. The Declaration of Independence should be ceremonially burnt, to the sound of jungle drums. No more Brad, Chad, and Tad for white children. Henceforth the list of legal names will include only Abadogo, Mumbasi, and Kalabanga. North and South America, named after Amerigo Vespucci, a white supremacist, will become North and South Mobutuland. And all white people will be required to frizz their hair - the Afro will become the only legal hairstyle.

All buildings from coast to coast will be torn down and replaced with round huts constructed of mud, straw and cow dung. (That includes the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial and White House. Plus, and this will inspire many, Trump Tower.) The world will wonder at Oba Biden sitting on a wooden stool in a rondavel inside his Official Kraal. Visiting dignitaries, such as the President of China, will be offered a wooden stool of their own. Imagine Congress - 535 morons sitting on wooden stools in a vast roundhouse. And every Jewish bankster, including George Soros, will live in a rondavel with a straw roof. All churches, and especially synagogues, will be demolished, to be replaced by round kraals, with straw walls and altars of pig dung.

All racist White music, such as Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, down to Rogers and Hammerstein and Gershwin, will be banned. Henceforth only afro-rap may be performed. In fact, rap will be piped into the streets, and everybody will be obliged to listen to it 24/7.

Yaayy!!!! Brave New World!!