Sanity Check

At some point you have to say to yourself two things:  GOP Rep. Louie Gomert of Texas really is an honest-to-goodness elected Member of Congress, and Louie Gohmert is also completely friggin' insane.

"I talked to a retired FBI agent who said that one of the things they were looking at were terrorist cells overseas who had figured out how to game our system. And it appeared they would have young women, who became pregnant, would get them into the United States to have a baby," said Gohmert. "They wouldn't even have to pay anything for the baby. And then they would turn back where they could be raised and coddled as future terrorists. And then one day, twenty, thirty years down the road, they can be sent in to help destroy our way of life. 'Cause they figured out how stupid we are being in this country to allow our enemies to game our system, hurt our economy, get set up in a position to destroy our way of life."

That's right.  Latino women are getting pregnant to have "anchor babies" that will grow up as terrorists and KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US in 20 years.  This is an elected Member of Congress.  Saying this.  In Congress.  On television.

Now keep in mind Gohmert is a hero among the Tea Party right, and that isn't even the most offensive thing he's said this week.

There are millions of Americans out there who are cheering Louie Gohmert on as the future of American politics.  That should scare the piss out of you.