What an Ignoramus AssHat Republican named Gomert, with Zero Empathy the Poor Says or, Another day, another scientifically ignorant Republican. The topic?... The SNAP Program, better known as “food stamps.” Republicans have called for massive cuts to this program, despite the fact that, in this time of economic downturn, more and more Americans find themselves in need of public assistance. This time, it is Texas Representative Louie Gohmert, who gave a rambling, boring, ridiculous, and barely coherent speech on the floor of the House in which he addressed the recently defeated “Farm Bill” (which was really a let’s-take-from-the-poor-to-give-more-subsidies-to-rich-mega-farm-owners bill) among other things. One of the “highlights” from his speech was an ignorant quote made about the poor: “From the amount of obesity in this country, by people we’re told do not have enough to eat, it does seem like we can have a debate about this issue without allegations about wanting to slap down or starve children.” Gohmert seems to be having a slight issue with the English language here, but the statement seems to claim that poor people are fat, so they shouldn’t complain about not having enough to eat. Right. This is one of those times when I’m going to let science give him the “slap down” he deserves. “From the amount of obesity in this country, by people we’re told do not have enough to eat, it does seem like we can have a debate about this issue without allegations about wanting to slap down or starve children.” Gohmert seems to be having a slight issue with the English language here, but the statement seems to claim that poor people are fat, so they shouldn’t complain about not having enough to eat. Right. This is one of those times when I’m going to let science give him the “slap down” he deserves.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:28:00 +0000
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