{"id":1006879,"date":"2021-04-29T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1006879"},"modified":"2021-05-01T07:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T12:50:31","slug":"gohmert-couldnt-even-enter-the-building-of-the-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1006879","title":{"rendered":"Gohmert &#8216;couldn&#8217;t even enter the building of the Capitol&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-856285\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/02\/louiegohmert-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>TYLER &#8212; After President Joe Bidden addressed a joint-session of congress, Representative Louie Gohmert told KTBB News, &#8220;No I was not one of the 200 that Biden felt close enough to that he would invite me. I was one of the 335 that he rejected of being allowed of even being in the Capitol. This is the first time that I have been in Congress that I have been told that I am not even allowed to come into the Capitol as a member of Congress&#8221;. Gohmert went on to talk about the challenge of President Biden&#8217;s plan to enlarge government involvement in public education. &#8220;A third of the kids drop-out of high school, or something close to that. You see so many that don&#8217;t graduate. And when you see so many that graduate, can&#8217;t even read. It sure seems like the more federal control, it has not been an improvement.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a prepared statement before the President spoke on Wednesday, Congressman Gohmert said, &#8220;Under the guise of COVID-19 safety protocols, the President, or people making his decisions, did not invite all members of both Houses of Congress to attend&#8230; they have broken the Biden administration&#8217;s pledge of unity, making his speech invitation-only.&#8221; Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/gohmert.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399934\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; After President Joe Bidden addressed a joint-session of congress, Representative Louie Gohmert told KTBB News, &#8220;No I was not one of the 200 that Biden felt close enough to that he would invite me. I was one of the 335 that he rejected of being allowed of even being in the Capitol. 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