Rep. Louie Gohmert co-opted President Obama’s old campaign slogan to talk about shutting down the government yesterday, saying that “if it takes a shutdown of government to stop the runaway spending, we owe that to our children.”
“If you can’t get it under control, then we just stop government ‘til you realize, you know, ‘yes we can,’” said Gohmert.
Watch:
h/t ThinkProgress.
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