Critics of Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert often decry him as the "dumbest member of Congress." When he caught the virus that's killed nearly 600 thousand Americans, he said it was due to wearing a mask. When Republicans claiming to be electors in the 2020 election showed up to submit sham electoral college votes, Gohmert sued the former Vice President for not counting them.
Comments from Gohmert during a Tuesday House Natural Resources Committee hearing have reinvigorated that criticism, after he suggested the Department of Agriculture (Forest Service) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM) could change the rotation of the sun and moon to curb climate change.
Watch below.
ORBITS: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or the BLM can alter the orbit of the moon or the Earth in order to fight climate change during a House Natural Resources hearingpic.twitter.com/yYiOyi2cMZ— Forbes (@Forbes) 1623190333
Citing claims from the past director of NASA that the moon's orbit is changing slightly, Gohmert asked a representative from the Department of Agriculture:
"So is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth's orbit around the sun?"
After a brief silence, the representative, apparently containing laughter, responded:
"I would have to follow up with you on that one, Mr. Gohmert."
People were amazed at Gohmert's question.
So Gohmert thinks the Green New Deal is bad, but he's open to CHANGING THE ORBIT OF THE EARTH AND THE MOON????https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Robert Maguire (@Robert Maguire) 1623246103
Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal in 2013: \u201cWe must stop being the stupid party.\u201d \n\nRepublican Rep. Louie Gohmert in 2021: Oh yeah?https://twitter.com/forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1623250455
Idiocracy Update.https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Charlie Sykes (@Charlie Sykes) 1623244620
Ok someone explain what is this man talking about.pic.twitter.com/pyHjPe6gnN— Cheryl S S (@Cheryl S S) 1623250527
Stop negotiating with these people and stop treating them as governing equalshttps://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Brandon Friedman (@Brandon Friedman) 1623253178
That\u2019s flipping crazy.We really need to stop \u201ctip toeing\u201d around instability in our governmentIt is dangerous & a National Security Risk https://twitter.com/forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Marie Maduemezia (@Marie Maduemezia) 1623190801
The characterization of Gohmert as the "dumbest member of Congress" once again surfaced.
Louie was afraid that his title of \u2018dumbest congressman\u2019 was being challenged by the newbies JFChttps://twitter.com/forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— erina0311 \ud83d\udc20 (@erina0311 \ud83d\udc20) 1623254274
Well...I can see that Louie Gohmert is not willing to give up his title of "dumbest member of Congress" without a fight...https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Jeff Mayers (@Jeff Mayers) 1623194618
The dumbest member of congress wants to know if the US forest service can alter the rotation of the moon. Cool, cool.https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1402388019420741633\u00a0\u2026— Christo Furbufay (@Christo Furbufay) 1623245096
Gohmert has yet to address the comments.
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