# Move over Louie Gohmert, there's a new idiot in town.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407 "2019-04-11T21:41:30Z")
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### Author: ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407/41 "2019-04-18T13:42:11Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Not to be a jerk, but if you took a statement like that literally, you have absolutely no business calling out anyone else on their intelligence.

I’m with RitterSport on this. Trying to claim he “was using a facetious metaphor” for his off-his-rocker stupidity is about the lamest attempt at covering for a major “oops” I’ve ever seen.

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### Author: ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-louie-gohmert-theres-a-new-idiot-in-town/832407/42 "2019-04-18T13:44:45Z")

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I feel like he was trying to bait Kerry into saying: “Climate changed with out humans”, so he could say: “See? Told ya’, human caused global warming is a farce!”

His “gotcha” moment obviously didn’t go well for him.

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