Gohmert: ‘Precedent is clearly there to move forward on confirmation’

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Congressman Louie Gohmert told KTBB, “It’s going to be a very difficult time for the country going through this confirmation because of the bias and hatred for Christian beliefs, but for the good of the country, we have got to move forward. Of course, Biden and others have said we need to wait until a new President is sworn in, and my thought is is that we can’t wait four and a half years.”

Gohmert went on to say, “We need to go ahead and do this now. If you look at precedent, which has traditionally been important in this town here in D.C., when an opening occured during an election year, 17 out of 19 times the Senate confirmed the President’s nomination during an election year. So, the precedent is clearly there. The President’s party holds the Senate, so by all means, they need to at least move forward and get a confirmation done.”