Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) compared President Obama to an alcoholic Tuesday when addressing Obama’s recent interview with NPR during which he admitted that “legislation that [he] objected to was typically blocked in the Senate.”
In an interview with Fox News, Gohmert alleged that Obama’s admission proves that Harry Reid’s Senate has been causing Washington to become gridlocked, rather than the Republican-controlled House.
“What I’m excited about is, after all these years, now the president is finally admitting they’ve been lying — Harry Reid, all those folks that have been saying Republicans were the party of no,” explained Gohmert. “He’s basically admitted in this statement, ‘Yeah, we’ve been the party of no, but I’ve been able to rely on Harry Reid to say no so I didn’t have to, but we’ve been the ones that really stopped it.'”
“That’s what I’m hearing in that statement and I’m glad the president has finally admitted, like an alcoholic, the best news is when you finally admit where your problem is,” the Texas Republican added.
Gohmert lamented the fact that, despite Obama’s claims that he would work with Republicans in Congress on issues like health care, the president’s door would never admit ideas from the GOP.
“He said, ‘I have an open door if you’ve got any ideas,'” alleged Gohmert. “A bunch of us tried. They never had any indication that they would let us in. We kept asking, ‘Hey, we’ve got some good ideas.’ Never wanted to hear from us. So, that was all for the camera, all for the television, but not so much for reality.”
However, ahead of the commencement of the new GOP-controlled Congress, Gohmert seemed optimistic that Republicans will finally have the opportunity to showcase their ability to make legislative decisions on issues like the Keystone XL pipeline.
This doesn’t mean that Gohmert is optimistic about Obama finally working with Republicans.
“I know the best indication of future performance is past history,” explained Gohmert. “This president’s history is saying, ‘I want to work with you,’ and then going to the golf course and not talking to anybody. Even among Democrats. I mean, he had a meeting with Democrats some years back where he read to them from a teleprompter. That’s not a good way to work with Congress.”
