Gohmert was accosted by three other members of Congress, including Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), who proceeded to rebuke the bill, calling it “idiotic” and Gohmert a “cretinous hayseed”. Capitol police were called to intervene when, at some point, a Pendler seated behind Rep. Wasserman-Schultz managed to briefly set her skirt on fire with a cigarette lighter. No arrests were made—and, according to this source, the ignition of said skirt had been meant as a joke—but the whole affair has cast a pall over Mr. Gohmert’s anti-witchcraft campaign. About last Tuesday’s incident, the offices of both Rep. Gohmert and Rep. Wasserman-Schultz have declined to comment.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:28:43 +0000
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