{"id":274115,"date":"2013-08-20T12:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T17:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274115"},"modified":"2013-08-21T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T17:14:06","slug":"gohmert-responds-after-hes-named-most-quotable-congressman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274115","title":{"rendered":"Gohmert Responds after He&#8217;s Named Most Quotable Congressman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=274116\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-274116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/08\/thumb_louie-gohmert.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_louie-gohmert\" width=\"115\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-274116\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert responds after The Capitol Hill newspaper \u201cRoll Call\u201d named him America\u2019s most quotable congressman. Gohmert told KETK, \u201cI can just call them like I see them, and let the chips fall where they may. I do wish when some folks would quote me they would use accurate quotes, but that\u2019s not always the case, but I guess it comes from speaking out so much.\u201d Gohmert says he can say what he wants because he has no plans to run for president, unlike some of his fellow lawmakers.<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoll Call\u201d also puts Texans Ted Poe and Steve Stockman in the top 10, Stockman at number 8, Poe at number 10. Among the Gohmert quotes cited: \u201cWe\u2019re faced with a big threat. What\u2019s our response? Are we gonna get tough and not let \u2018em get away with it? No, we turn tail and run.\u201d From Stockman: \u201cStop having them intimidate you. Stand up for our Constitution. Fight for the Constitution! Don\u2019t back down!\u201d And Poe is quoted as saying, \u201cThe IRS wants to be exempted from Obamacare, and so do Americans. And that\u2019s just the way it is.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert responds after The Capitol Hill newspaper \u201cRoll Call\u201d named him America\u2019s most quotable congressman. Gohmert told KETK, \u201cI can just call them like I see them, and let the chips fall where they may. I do wish when some folks would quote me they would use accurate quotes, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gohmert Responds after He&#8217;s Named Most Quotable Congressman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 06:50:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274217,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274115\/revisions\/274217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}