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Orange Impostor1/11/2017 3:01:11 pm PST

Louie Gohmert has graduated from being the stupidest man in Congress to openly intimidating journalists who attempt to cover protestors.

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert accused of blocking journalist from photographing protesters

WASHINGTON — A photojournalist says Tyler Rep. Louie Gohmert tried to block him from taking photos of protesters during attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearings this week.
Photographer Jim Lo Scalzo was busy snapping pictures of protesters being escorted out of the hearing room Tuesday when, he said, Gohmert attempted to stand between his camera and the action.
“When I asked him, ‘Are you seriously blocking me from making these pictures of these protesters?’ he said, ‘Yes,’ ” said Lo Scalzo, who works for the European Pressphoto Agency. “He said, ‘The story is not there,’ and then he pointed to Sessions and said, ‘The story is over there.’ “
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Appearing in an interview with C-SPAN following the hearing on Tuesday, Gohmert called for the photographers in question to be ousted along with the protesters.