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Louie Gohmert
U.S. Representative — TX-1
Voted to sustain both objections to the counting of electoral votes on January 6-7, 2021.
Documented conduct
Jan 7, 2021
Voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania's electoral votes
Voted Yea on the objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes. The vote was taken after the Capitol had been cleared and the joint session resumed. It failed, 138 to 282.
Source: House Roll Call No. 11, Jan. 6-7, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
Voted to sustain the objection to Arizona's electoral votes
Voted Yea on the objection to counting Arizona's electoral votes, the first of the two objections pressed on January 6. It failed, 121 to 303.
Source: House Roll Call No. 10, Jan. 6, 2021
Jan 2, 2021
Worked to overturn the count
Sued the Vice President in December 2020 to compel him to discard electoral votes when he presided over the count. A federal judge dismissed it. He told Newsmax that "essentially, the ruling would be 'You have to go to the streets and be as violent as antifa, BLM'" — four days before the count. He said afterwards that he had not been advocating violence.
Source: The Hill, January 2 2021
Dec 10, 2020
Signed the brief asking the Court to set aside four states' results
One of 126 House members who signed the amicus brief supporting Texas's suit against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. The Supreme Court dismissed the underlying petition the next day, seven to two. It was signed four weeks before the count.
Source: Texas v. Pennsylvania, No. 22O155 (U.S.), brief of 126 Representatives