Gohmert’s colleagues were afraid the mask-avoiding congressman from Northeast Texas might get infected with the coronavirus. On Wednesday, their fears came true.
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Coronavirus in Texas
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, a mask skeptic, tests positive for coronavirus
Gohmert, 66, said in a televised interview that he wonders if he may have caught the virus from wearing his mask. Medical experts, however, overwhelmingly recommend masks as a means of preventing the virus.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texan Louie Gohmert backs off from challenge to federal coronavirus package
Several reports had suggested that Gohmert could have delayed the bill’s passage by days.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Republicans raise alarms about coronavirus threat at the southern border
The lawmakers concede there is no major present-day outbreak of the deadly strain in Mexico, South America or Central America but note that “it can be presumed that we will see the virus spread further.”
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Congress
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas one of four House members to vote against anti-lynching bill
Gohmert said he voted against the legislation because the penalty was not harsh enough.
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Congress
No Texans cross party lines in votes to impeach President Trump
The U.S. House voted to impeach the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, the third time in the nation’s history the chamber took such action.
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Texas Democrats on board as U.S. House formally moves forward on Trump impeachment process
Texans on both sides of the aisle will be involved in impeachment hearings.
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Texans were in the middle of the commotion in the U.S. House over the Trump impeachment inquiry
“That was crazy. That was absolutely crazy,” said one Texas Democrat after a day of partisan unrest in the U.S. Capitol.
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Texans home in on obstruction of justice, investigative methods in Mueller hearing
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, argued that Special Counsel Robert Mueller went beyond his bounds by making clear the investigation didn’t exonerate the president.
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Politics
U.S. House GOP elects Kevin McCarthy as minority leader but some Texans backed Jim Jordan
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and at least two incoming members of Congress — Chip Roy and Ron Wright — said they supported Jordan, who lost to McCarthy in a secret ballot vote, 159-43.
