Louie, Louie
Yep, Ole Louie just can’t seem to follow up on his promises.
In June of 2015, Louie Gohmert promised to donate $2,500 to the victims of the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. He made that promise because the shooter, Dylann Roof, shot and killed nine black churchgoers at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Roof had a “manifesto” touting that his racism was inspired by Earl Holt of the Council of Conservative Citizens.
That same Earl Holt donated $1,200 to Louie’s campaign. All 11 Republicans who had hungrily taken money from Holt promised to donate it to charity. Louie, whose racism is only surpassed by his sanctimony, took on a game show host persona and loudly promised to donate twice that amount.
He, of course, never donated the money and never had any intention to.
In February of this year, Think Progress contacted Louie’s office and asked about the donation. They reported:
That changed after ThinkProgress contacted his congressional office to ask about the missing donations. On Feb. 20, four days after our first query, the congressman’s campaign committee cut two checks for $625 each for the Charleston victims, FEC filings show.
That’s only half the promised money and that’s not all:
There is no record to date of the charities having received the money.
And it’s not even clear if the two charities ever received the donations shown in the FEC filings.
“We don’t have it,” Palmetto Project executive director Stephen Skardon Jr. said. “I can’t imagine they would have made it up. That is our address, but we simply don’t have a record of (receiving) it.”
Emanuel AME Church did not immediately respond to questions about whether it received Gohmert’s donation to its Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation.
Hey, I’m sure the check is in the mail.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Why am I not surprised? This guy hung out with “Ducky Jammies” didn’t he?
1Yeah. And he’s just the guy who will tell you he will still respect you in the morning!!! No surprises here.
2The check’s in the mail.
3Let’s throw a party for Louie, complete with tar, feathers rope and a rail. I’d pay to attend.
4I’ve come to the point that I spit every time Louie’s name is mentioned. G*D I HATE REPUBLICANS.
5The check’s in the mail? what does Czechoslovakia have to do with this? /s (Never know when I need to designate snark!)
6Maggie: actually, he’s the guy who tells you he had a vasectomy. BIG surprise there . . .
7Has anybody to whom Donnie promised a check in public ever actually received it? And I could include checks in payment for goods or services as well as checks in charitable donations.
GOP motto: “We got, and we gon’ keep.”
8Slipstream: he didn’t need need a vasectomy. His personality serves as his birth control.
9His check is up there in the Van Allen Belt along with Farenthold’s restitution, and the the money Trump pledged to charity.
10And then again, maybe he gave it to that Louisiana preacher who wants a $54 million jet airplane.
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