Posted on 09/11/2022 1:54:24 PM PDT by george76
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) presented Dr. Simone Gold a flag that was once flown over the U.S. Capitol on Friday, following her 45 days in jail for being involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and stepping inside restricted premises.
“Dr. Simone Gold is a patriot and an American hero,” Gohmert said in a Sept. 9 statement.
The in-person grant upon Gold’s release from the Miami Federal Detention Center was to honor the Los Angeles-based emergency medicine specialist’s “invaluable work and contributions to public health, medical freedom, and our God-given constitutional rights,” according to the Republican lawmaker.
Gold, the founder of non-profit America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), was sentenced on June 16 under a plea deal on one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, a federal misdemeanor. The sentence, meted out by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper on June 16, included 60 days in jail, one year of supervised release, a $9,500 fine, and $500 of restitution.
During the afternoon on Jan. 6, 2021, Gold delivered a speech through a megaphone to a crowd gathered in Statuary Hall, where she voiced her opposition to the vaccine mandates and government-imposed lockdowns, before getting arrested on Jan. 18, 2021. Her non-profit AFLDS had been promoting medicines such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as an alternative to the COVID-19 vaccine, which came under attack from media outlets and Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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“In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she exposed the world to life-saving early treatment options that undoubtedly saved many lives. Tragically, her sound medical advice was viciously attacked and suppressed by a corrupt media captured by pharmaceutical companies with a clear financial agenda,” Gohmert said in the Friday release.
“After having her name and reputation shamefully dragged through the mud, the Biden administration’s DOJ [Department of Justice] threw her in prison for peacefully walking into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and delivering a speech,” Gohmert continued. “Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like—something I never thought I’d see here in the United States of America.”
Gold responded by saying that she was “honored” to receive the gift and recognition, while calling Gohmert “a true believer in freedom and a fierce defender of our constitutional rights.”
Gold’s release date came about two weeks before the 60 days would expire, given credit for teaching and taking classes while incarcerated, along with time served when she was arrested in January 2021, according to the AFLDS.
Over 800 people have been charged with federal crimes over the breach on Jan. 6, with 300 pleading guilty to one or more charges so far and nearly 200 sentenced.
Bttt
Would be my Congressman but he is retiring after redistricting.
Anybody know where Louie lives? We might have an opportunity to get some good Saturday Morning Raid action video next weekend. They’re going to want to know how he got the flag.
I think Nathaniel Moran could be better. Time will tell.
Thee good doctor was stuck with a corrupt Obama trial Judge, who she rebuffed in college many years ago when he asked her out. He did not recuse himself .
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Gohmert is 100% correct
this was disgraceful
Love Gohmert, but I always have to speed up the video when he speaks. He and Kennedy talk way too slow
Louie Gohmert couldn’t run again after he ran for the Attorney General of Texas. He gave up his seat and will serve until the new congress takes their seat. I don’t think the 1st district was redone.
“After having her name and reputation shamefully dragged through the mud, the Biden administration’s DOJ [Department of Justice] threw her in prison for peacefully walking into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and delivering a speech,” Gohmert continued. “Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like—something I never thought I’d see here in the United States of America.”
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This isn’t the 21st Century I envisioned.
Gimme a break, LOL....so many of the TV talking heads, male and female alike, speak so fast nowadays that I installed closed captioning on my TV screen a long time ago so I could understand half of what some of these folks are saying.
The worst perp is our own good-guy, Ben Shapiro.....when he gets going, you can't understand a word he's saying !
( BTW, how could any one not LOVE Senator Kennedy's slow Louisiana-suth'rn drawl as he lays it right into the mugs of the radical malefactors in the current DC administration ! )
Leni
How can you consider Ben Shapiro a good guy because he is basically no-Trumper. Okay he is not a democrat. I will give him that.
Ray Epps on tape telling people to go into the Capitol .
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4092269/posts
If I have to fault Dr. Gold, it is for a lack of situational awareness.
She thought she lived in the land of the free. She may have thought the pursuit of truth was a universal goal. She probably believed that the FBI was a law enforcement agency of great integrity. She may have even considered news reporting to be an honorable profession.
Outstanding!
Flags are raised and then lowered for the purpose of congresscritters giving a "flag that flew over the capitol" to constituents. There is likely a link on your critters website if you want your own.
Ben Shapiro, writer, commentator and former editor of the conservative Breitbart news, is NOT anti-Trump. He doesn't think Trump is "ideal", as he commented once in a discussion of the President.
I don't think Trump is "ideal", either....no one is !
I'd throw myself off a bridge for him, but he's certainly not "ideal" in various aspects....and I and other ardent Trumpers have said the same thing when we discuss his good points and his flaws. This doesn't make us "anti-Trump" !
Shapiro has described Trump as a "hammer in search of a nail...when he hits the nail, he hits it good !"
He (Ben) voted for Trump before and he has publicly stated he'll support the Donald if he decides to run again.
Leni
Thanks for clearing that up LOL
It pays to keep in touch with you!
Well, you just accused the doctor of being a good citizen having faith that her government had everyone’s best interest at heart. And she was horribly betrayed by this evil usurping regime in dire need of answering to righteous justice for raping all of America.
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