Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive for coronavirus

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Rep. Louie Gohmert -- a Texas Republican who has been walking around the Capitol without a mask -- has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to multiple sources.

Gohmert was scheduled to fly to Texas on Wednesday morning with President Donald Trump and tested positive in a pre-screen at the White House. The eighth-term Republican told CNN last month that he was not wearing a mask because he was being tested regularly for the coronavirus.

"If I get it," he told CNN in June, "you'll never see me without a mask."

Reps. Mario Diaz Balart (R-Fla.), Neal Dunn (R-Fla.), Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Ben McAdams (D-Utah) and Tom Rice (R-S.C.) have tested positive for the virus, along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Tenn.).

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/29/louis-gohmert-who-refused-to-wear-a-mask-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-386076

---

Yesterday, Nadler had to chastise Committee Republicans for not wearing masks during the Hearing.

[RandySF]

1. Too bad.

[AZ8theist]

63. Thoughts and prayers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you spell "schadenfreude"?

[Cha]

146. Yeah big mouths scared of a little mask. They weren't only

hurting themselves but could be infecting other people.

Wonder where Gohmert got it from?

[jcgoldie]

90. Yeah too bad that...

They detected it before he boarded the plane with Trump.

[Bengus81]

121. Louie, Louie "OWNING THE LIBS!!"

[jmbar2]

2. There is a God...

[Warpy]

57. Probably not, but there is a VIRUS

and stupid people who take stupid chances are more likely to come down with it and nobody in Congress is stupider than Louie. He's held that record for some time now.

[PatSeg]

3. Louie Gohmert

was at the hearing yesterday. I wonder how many people he came in contact with.

[Me.]

5. GYM?

[PatSeg]

10. Oh wow

I am really trying hard not to take pleasure in the thought.

[bluestarone]

17. PLUS 100%

Could we be this lucky! The GYM was full of rethugs i hope!

[Me.]

22. If He Does Get It

it will be by his choice for he decided not to protect himself, same for Collins and the rest of them

[PatSeg]

111. Yes

Their arrogance and ignorance will be their undoing. We all make mistakes, but these jerks make them loudly and repeatedly with great bluster. Who knows how many lives they have endangered with their silly bravado?

[Zambero]

155. He has no excuse

The coat he never wears could be cut up into a couple dozen cloth masks!

[Evolve Dammit]

98. It's hard to do isn't it? Dang.

[llmart]

109. "I am really trying hard not to take pleasure in the thought."

I'm not.

Do stupid things; win stupid prizes. Covid is his stupid prize. Yeah! So much winning with Trump.

[PatSeg]

114. They should have seen it coming

Did they really think there would never be any repercussions for their blind support of an obviously corrupt con artist?

[Rebl2]

127. Barr

Was one that he was seen with from what I heard.

[soldierant]

140. Well, Barr was one.

They were filmed in hand-shaking distance, I believe just outside the men's room.

Barr was not masked.

[PatSeg]

144. Just imagine

what is going through Barr's mind today, as well as all the other people Louie has interacted with. He's kind of a yeller too, so I'm sure he is a super spreader.

[NJCher]

154. He could wear one of these

Barr was not masked.




And no one would even know he was wearing one.

[soldierant]

161. LOL!

Beautiful.

I've been looking longingly at the one with the open-mouthed tiger. But I already have more - that I've made - than I am ever likely to use. And those that I've made have coffee filter liners and seem to be more effective than the commercial ones - just based on how much air it feels like I'm getting.

[groundloop]

4. See - Covid 19 IS a Democratic conspiracy, it's mostly GOPers who are catching it.

[klook]

13. Damn that Fauci!

He concocted a virus that attacks only Republican lawmakers! What an evil genius!! He must be one of the lizard people that doctor-minister warned us about!

[CaptYossarian]

56. One was a Democrat.

BTW, when did Rand Paul get kicked out of Kentucky?

[groundloop]

70. Well, there's bound to be at least a small amount of collateral damage.

OK, I suppose it's kind of low to be making fun of people getting sick. But damn, after all the denying and downright false information spread by tRump and his enablers it's tough to feel any sympathy for them.

[CaptYossarian]

78. I know.

Anytime someone in Trump's or Pence's circle--or even Secret Service agents--get it, it seems like a small, sad victory.

The victory with Louie isn't so small, and definitely not sad. However. I gave that short, loud laugh we used to hear from Chris Matthews when I read the headline.

[PatSeg]

115. Yes, diabolical!

Those Dems will do anything to win back power!

[Phoenix61]

6. Schucks... our very own Dr Neal Dunn has it.

He’s on record saying masks aren’t needed. He’s a pompous ass of the worst kind.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/06/26/rep-neal-dunn-masks-quarantine-coronavirus-overboard-overkill-covid-19-florida/

[calimary]

68. Dear God, how can one be a doctor and not endorse wearing masks?

Another Dr. Hydroxychloroquack?

[certainot]

106. maybe his parents wanted him to be a doctor but he wanted to be a politician

[mdbl]

150. unfortunately, we have a white house that legitimizes quacks

and bigots, and white supremacists, etc

[Dios Mio]

7. Goober. I wish him hell.

He should go visit his constituents in Gooberville.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Put Louie under the microscope

find out what's wrong with him

[Scarsdale]

43. Well, I have one comment to make -

"I really don't care. Do U?"

[jaxexpat]

44. Alien DNA experiment gone amok.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/

[robbob]

59. We know what's wrong with him...

He’s stupid. And there’s no cure for that.

[turbinetree]

9. No Pity..............none, zilch, nada.............

[empedocles]

12. Be good if her seriously suffers - very newsworthy

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. "Gohmert was scheduled to fly to Texas on Wednesday morning with President Donald Trump"

Damn! Just missed him!

[soothsayer]

20. I know, right?

[certainot]

108. so they're going to say testing actually works....

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Get well soon!

Texas GOP could never produce another anal opening like you.

[cloudbase]

54. They already have.

Jonathan Strickland.

No doubt there are more in the pipeline.

[Kid Berwyn]

143. Gee. See one Tea-Bagger...

...and you’ve seen them all.

“IF aliens are real, salvation through Jesus Christ is the only way they enter Heaven.”

https://twitter.com/RepStickland

That Strickland is strikingly low and small. Same hypocritical dimensions as Lou.

[yellowdogintexas]

157. Stickland, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2020

He nearly lost his Texas House race in 2018.

The same person who nearly beat him is running again, and he has name recognition and his team is much larger. Lots of good work going on there

[azureblue]

15. Will he quarantine?

I doubt it. And I bet he will try the cures that Trump is touting...
Karma done come around for old Lou.

[Paladin]

16. Quick! Get trump's new Dr. Demon Jizzum on Louie's case!

BIG shots of hydrochloroxydoxy---I mean HUGE amounts of it, stat.

What-a you know: Gohmert finally did something I'm overjoyed with. I just hope the damage to Democrats wasn't too bad, at yesterday's Barr hearings.

[olegramps]

74. I think that chlorine would be more effective. Might even bleach out his evil soul.

[greatauntoftriplets]

131. LOL, tell us how you really feel!

[Bengus81]

134. A UV light down his throat and bleach in his ass and back to work in a couple days!!

Who says there's no cure???

[bottomofthehill]

160. I think you have it backwards

The UV light goes up the ass and the bleach down the throat is the effective therapy.

[soothsayer]

18. "If I get it," he told CNN in June, "you'll never see me without a mask."

Um... maybe should have worn the mask BEFORE...

Ah, well.

[Evolve Dammit]

99. Judge Looey is not too sharp processing reality. Can't get over he was a judge.

[soothsayer]

101. Of what? 4H?

[Evolve Dammit]

125. Meet ya at the pig scramble!

[yellowdogintexas]

158. He was a Judge Advocate in the military

Gohmert served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, at Fort Benning, Georgia, from 1978-82.[8][9] The majority of his legal service in the U.S. Army was as a defense attorney.

Gohmert was elected as a state district judge for Texas's 7th Judicial District, serving Smith County (Tyler, Texas) from 1992 to 2002. He was elected to three terms.[8] He first saw national recognition for a 1996 probation requirement where he ordered an H.I.V. positive man, who was convicted on motor vehicle theft charges, to seek the written consent from all future sexual partners on a court provided form notifying them of his H.I.V. status.[10] The order angered LGBT activists and civil libertarians.[10]

In 2002, Gohmert was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to fill a vacancy as Chief Justice on Texas's 12th Court of Appeals, where he served a six-month term, which ended in 2003.[7]

[jb5150]

19. I won't say what I'm thinking ...

but I will continue to think it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. To all of you naysayers who doubted alien DNA: nyahh, nyahh, nyahh. NT

[Judi Lynn]

23. He made the usual Gohmert ass of himself yesterday. No one would ever miss him if he left. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

24. Karma!

And if Gohmert refuses to quarantine then arrest him.

[onetexan]

34. +1 K&R

[dawg day]

25. He was called the "stupidest person in Congress".

He like Trump seems to think that the test causes it, so there's no need to wear a mask before you test positive.

[Mike 03]

26. This is so sad

[Jeroen]

60. Yes, it's heartbreaking

[edhopper]

27. I find myself

not giving any fucks.

[Freddie]

28. "If I get it I'll wear a mask"

That’s not the point, moron! Who knows how many people he infected because he wasn’t wearing one in the pre-symptomatic phase when it’s very contagious.

[Miguelito Loveless]

29. They will never learn until its fatal

and since they have the best healthcare our money can buy, this is unlikely.

[Thomas Hurt]

30. I have no sympathy...don't wish the man dead, but he needs to be laid up for a couple of weeks.

So far, I have heard quite a few christofascist politicians and not many of them end up in bed.

He will probably be lucky enough to dodge most of the symptoms and will be crowing about the hoax.

[SayItLoud]

31. thoughts and prayers. (all lower case and filled with sarcasm). NT

[BumRushDaShow]

32. ...

[NewDayOranges]

33. Hopes and prayers for Gomer...

[ananda]

35. What a thing to happen to such a maniacal idiot!

Instant karma.

[47of74]

36. thoughts n prayers Louie

[William Seger]

37. I'm extremely sorry for his family

... but then, I already was.

[DIVINEprividence]

38. I admit it. This made my day

At some point Trump is going to catch this.

[Captain Zero]

39. Say Yes to the Adventure, Louis !!

Suck on that ventilator hard !

[pamdb]

40. Gohmert

I can only hope he sat between Gym Jordan and Matt Gaetz.

[Leith]

41. Whenever I hear something like this

About an asshole who wouldn't heed the warning signs, I sing the song below. It's from Cabaret and doesn't get as much attention as some of the other music from the musical:

Bubbye, Louie.

[sarchasm]

92. lol! apropos ...KnR x1000

Music really makes things better, and this is a masterpiece.

[samnsara]

42. couldnt happen to a better guy ;)

[bringthePaine]

45. the fuckers all hate tests they can't cheat on! ha Louis Gonert

[lark]

46. Hope he gets the full effect.

That would be perfect karma.

[louzke9]

47. Gohmert was on the panel....

questioning Bill Barr yesterday. Do they all have to quarantine now?

[TNNurse]

48. Stolen from another page.

No, I did not write this, I just wish I had.

"This really does mark an important, critical change in the nature of the virus. Its ability to cross over into reptilians should not be marginalized."

[mahina]

73. +++++

Winnaz

[HuskyOffset]

110. Gohmert is not a reptilian

Gohmert is what happens when you're trying to make a Kebler elf, but accidentally get a vial of Evil and a vial of Stupid in the mix.

[Kali]

116. !!!

[left-of-center2012]

49. ...

[Submariner]

76. It must be really depressing to have been a crook sentenced to prison by Gohmert

when he was a judge, and to now see how stupid and disrespected he is when he makes a fool of himself in front of everyone in the country on national TV.

[calimary]

85. Look at all that empty space above his eyebrows.

And he's bald, too.

[RVN VET71]

126. He needs an Elvis pompadour

No, better still, a Little Richard pompadour.

And a slick handlebar mustache to enhance his smile.

And a bag, a large paper bag, over his face and covering his "just home from a Chinese re-education camp" smile.

[Traildogbob]

50. Self inflected

Insurance companies should deny coverage for any medical bills for these obvious self inflected health issues because of stupid. We have all been denied coverage for much more ridiculous reasons by them.
I will not put in writing exactly what my thoughts and prayers are for him and his GOP murderers.

[CCExile]

51. My Buddhism is completely broken...

I cheered out loud when I read this. I'm a lowly person now. I'm sorry. But dammit, I'M GLAD!!!

[Chrisdutch]

52. In Sickness and in health

So Covid-19 caught Louie Gohmert? Is there a way for me to root for nobody to survive that mess?

[Horse with no Name]

53. I don't usually pray but!

Here I am. Lol

[packman]

55. My mom said, Never wish anyone ill

But, Mom- I'm sorry- May Louie gain some insight and compassion

[duhneece]

58. I pray for what he deserves

Nothing more.

[Butterflylady]

61. Here's what I don't understand is that

Republicans know how deadly this virus can be, so why don't they understand how they are killing off their own people? I guess they don't care. Well there will be less republicans to vote in November and that is one good thing.

[Greybnk48]

62. I know this is weird, but I don't believe Rand Paul had Covid-19.

For some reason I think he made it up. Is there any evidence that he really tested positive way back?

[Nexus2]

64. I don't get it

Why do they think that being tested regularly, even daily, is some kind of shield that prevents you contracting the virus?

[niyad]

94. Welcome to DU. The answer is simple. They are stupid. There is no fixing stupid.

[calimary]

65. Is it wrong that I'm smiling?

And Rand Paul, too? OMG - I'm (almost) sorry to say this, but that's the best news I've heard so far today.

With ignorant jerk gasbags like Louie Gohmert and Rand Paul, I DO NOT hope it kills them. I hope they get horribly sick, but recover, and emerge after having had some sort of redemption moment or moment of awakening, where they're forced to rethink some of their idiot "ideas" and "policy" positions, and their life in the bubble world. I hope it wakes them the fuck up. One can hope, at least.

Sometimes important lessons have to be learned the hard way.

[lillypaddle]

66. Gee, how terrible

[AJT]

67. So many GOP congress people seem to get covid

but none seem to get very sick from it. There must be some kind of antiviral effects from being mean and stupid.

[Gothmog]

69. here is a video of AG Barr and Gohmert.

Link to tweet

[Danascot]

71. If he leaves congress

there's going to be major competition among the GOP for the title of stupidest congress-person.

[NCjack]

118. Matt Gaetz is my nomination to become most "stoopid" and biggest fool in the House

if "Looie" resigns that honor.

[C_U_L8R]

72. Someone's been sipping too much demon semen

[NRaleighLiberal]

75. I am concerned. Thoughts and prayers

[mahina]

77. So our heroes are now in danger because of this

Piece of crap?

[iluvtennis]

79. I know this is awful to say, but I have no sympathy for him. Trust science, not morons

[hamsterjill]

80. I don't even know what to say.

He’s such an embarrassment to Texas.

I know better than to wish ill will on anyone because then karma bites me in the ass. So, I will wish him well.

But, damn, karma has been working overtime during this pandemic stuff. There seems to be very fast karma biting on some of the COVID-19 skeptics.

[riversedge]

81. After testing positive for COVID-19, Gohmert returns to his Capitol Hill office, exposing his staff

After testing positive for COVID-19, Gohmert returns to his Capitol Hill office, exposing his staff

Link to tweet

?s=20

[calimary]

87. Selfish thoughtless fuck.

Hey, spread it around to everybody you work with, idiot.

The only thing worse is trying to wrap one's brain around the idea of actually voting for a stupid jerk like this. What does that say about his constituents that they see fit to keep sending this know-nothing back to Congress? WHY does anybody vote for cretins like him? Because babykillers or something?

[DBoon]

107. In other words a true republican

Selfish. Thoughtless. The party of "me".

[calimary]

128. As my dad would say, the party of IGMFU.

Pronounced "IGGUM-foo." Which stands for "I. Got. Mine., F-U."

And hopefully in November, they really WILL "get theirs."

[Evolve Dammit]

103. what an ignorant goober. No wonder we are where we are. Tests positive and continues as normal???

[calimary]

129. Yeah. I saw that, too. He went back to his OFFICE???????????

To do some more interviews????????


He didn't immediately leave and head for home, for the sake of not further infecting people? Good Grief!!!

He really is a stupid, thoughtless fuck. (And probably a lousy fuck, too. If he's this inconsiderate with his clothes on, I shudder to think what he's like in the bedroom!)

[Evolve Dammit]

132. You're probably right but my self-preservation won't let me go there!

[berni_mccoy]

82. I'm SO SHOCKED!

[flying_wahini]

83. Good

[CTyankee]

93. Same wish here. I'm glad. Maybe one less shithead in gubmint...

[The Jungle 1]

84. No bed for this fool.

He refused to mask up so now he should not be allowed to put our healthcare hero's at risk. He should stay at home and use only tele medi for his treatment. No healthcare worker should go anywhere near him. NO VENT for this fool.

My wife is a nurse. Why should she be put at risk because of stupid fools.
This really burns my ass. She is out doing covid testing right now. An extra shift I might add. I keep telling her she should quit because of the fools who do not care about her. She is 63 and needs to get out.
Not winning that argument. Her heart is way bigger than mine.

My rage is building.
Damn his eyes.

[FrankTC]

86. He Needs Emergency Trump Treatment!

Get him a bottle of Clorox, and shine a UV light up in there!

Stepping back from schadenfreude is hard. I don't want people to suffer from the virus, but it would be great if all those who suffer were antimaskers and only antimaskers -- those who deliberately chose ignorance and histrionic, self-aggrandizing flamboyance, and who thereby caused the illness to spread to innocent others. Cosmic karmic justice, if only.

[Pluvious]

122. We forgive you for your reflexive empathy

If you lacked this admirable trait, you'd never have joined this oasis of non Deplorables

[Initech]

135. Quick! Here's 10 CCs of Clorox and 100 hydroxychloroquine pills!

[PJMcK]

88. So, if Gohmert dies...

... will Trump call it fake news?

[Yeehah]

89. Gohmert is a nazi bastard

Fuck him.

[Zephaniah]

91. Bathing in the Schadenfreude!

[pandr32]

95. I am happy to hear Gohmert will be out for a while

...but not happy to hear that those attending the hearings were in contact with him, except for maybe Gym Jordan. Did Barr wear a mask? Perhaps, maybe he might have been in close contact with Gohmert!

[sdfernando]

96. "Yesterday, Nadler had to chastise Committee Republicans for not wearing masks during the Hearing."

Nadler should have them removed if they are not wearing a mask. The non-mask wearers are endangering everyone else with their stupid behavior. If you don't wear a mask and test positive, its too late...No not for you but for all the people you have been in contact with and the includes everyone in the hearing room. If they won't leave, have the Sergeant at Arms remove them....forcibly if necessary. I'm so sick of these stupid assholes!!!!!

Oh and for you gohmert, who in your family are you sacrificing now for the tangeranus?

[kairos12]

97. No treatment for that fool.

[volstork]

100. Error:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Tenn.).

We have shitty senators from Tennessee, but Rand Paul is not one of them. Kentucky deserves the blame for him.

[Vinca]

102. I can't even send faux thoughts and prayers. I'm hoping there's a ventilator with his name on it.

It will really make my day if he infected Bill Barr yesterday.

[keithbvadu2]

112. One of the broken ventilators that Trump sends out.

One of the broken ventilators that Trump sends out.

[DBoon]

104. That poor coronavirus

Imagine having to inhabit a host like Louis Gohmert

[trusty elf]

105. ...

[keithbvadu2]

113. No dick masks allowed.

[SunSeeker]

117. Load him up with hydroxychloroquine, stat!

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/21/more-deaths-no-benefit-malaria-drug-va-virus-study.html

[BootinUp]

138. Intravenous would be best. Lol. Nt

[SunSeeker]

152. Indeed! Bag him up!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

119. I hope it hurts

[LudwigPastorius]

120. "Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive for coronavirus"

[Bengus81]

123. Damn!!! Another case of someone catching the Democratic HOAX!!

[ucrdem]

124. He disrupted poorly

[Dukkha]

130. Tick Tock mother fokker!

If you thought a mask was unbearable, wait until you get a ventilator shoved into you.

[LeftInTX]

133. 🤣 We all need a good laugh

[greatauntoftriplets]

136. ...

[SaintLouisBlues]

137. He's 66 years old. High risk group. That's a shame.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

139. Louie is one of Trump's designated spreaders.

Doing their patriotic duty for Orange Lord and Republican Jesus...... ........

[AngryOldDem]

141. Not sorry for Gohmert in the least.

This is now the level of my sympathy for people like him, as this biological charnel house churns on. (I get that some people can’t wear masks, but that is much different from this.)

Who I do feel sorry for is everyone who has come into contact with this idiot, most especially his staff, and other members of the Judiciary Committee — particularly those who have the common sense and decency to (in the words of one member) wear the DAMN mask.

Maybe Louie can now tell us what freedom is really like, as he stews in isolation wondering just how sick he may get, and especially if he ends up on a respirator. (Which could happen, because of his risk level.)

I have ZERO fucks to give for people like this who flaunt their ignorance and put the rest of us at risk, just to make some kind of political “point.”

IOW, I care as much about Louie as Louie cares about those around him.

(I used to post here a lot back in the day, but I came out of lurkdom because I’m getting tired of this selfish, stupid shit. One can only stomach so much of it.)

[Nexus2]

142. *sigh*

Gohmert is trying to pin getting infected on wearing a mask.

[sarcasmo]

145. Covidiot

[warmfeet]

147. My usual empathy seems to have escaped me.

Sure hope he didn't give it to the entire repiglican party.

Sure hope all repiggies don't die.

[muntrv]

148. Breathe deeply Louie!

[SWBTATTReg]

149. So he was being tested for the CV all of the time so doesn't wear a mask due to his being tested,

when Americans of all stripes are trying to get tested and/or are having to wait forever to get test results, while he screws around and wastes our very limited supply of medical resources and tests? What a dickhead (pardon language).

Shouldn't there be some sort of refusing to seat a congressperson from being seated onto committees if not properly attired/masked?

There probably should be some sort of code of conduct that prevent members from contaminating others w/ their outrageous and stupid conduct, and that Nancy P. can cite irresponsible members for conduct unbecoming a Congressperson.

[LudwigPastorius]

151. Now he's blaming his infection on the claim that he DID wear a mask at least part of the time...

prior to testing positive.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/07/29/texas-louie-gohmert-positive-covid-19-raju-nr-vpx.cnn

He really is the dumbest son of a bitch alive.

[LisaL]

153. He wore a bandana "part of the time" and there are photos of him

wearing it with his nose either almost exposed or completely exposed, which as we all know offers no protection either to him or others.
And yet he blames the mask for his covid.

[LudwigPastorius]

156. There's regular idiocy.

Then there's Gohmert idiocy, which is so infuriatingly bereft of rationality that it makes me want to drive my skull through a concrete wall.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

162. A tweet.

After Louie said he got the coronavirus from the mask, he also claimed he was pregnant because several constituents yelled "F^CK YOU!!" at him.

[Bluethroughu]

159. Insert light bulb...check

Inject bleach...check

Swallow hydroqualoroquen... check

No more worries about Covid.... check