American Greatness U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says recent reports in the corporate media accusing him making a donation to an anti-Semitic, homophobic, Holocaust-denying pastor are false, and he has the receipts to prove it.
"The Daily Beast falsely reported on Monday that Gohmert dropped “several thousand dollars into the coffers of a vitriolically homophobic and antisemitic pastor,” based on inaccurate federal records, while sarcastically noting that Gohmert “swears it’s a mistake.” Several other news outlets amplified the fake news.
" 'Disclosures to the FEC show that the Louie Gohmert for Congress Committee sent $5,500, to an entity in Tempe called ‘Anderson Ministries.'” Daily Beast “researcher” William Bredderman reported. “There is in fact no organization of this name registered in the Grand Canyon State—but the address in the campaign filing matches that of Anderson’s church.”
"Bredderman added disparagingly that “the pastor happens to embrace a more extreme form of Gohmert’s homophobic rhetoric.”
"In reality, the check went to Steve Amerson, a Christian singer from California whom Gohmert describes as “a sweetheart of a man,” and “a wonderful, caring person.”
"The congressman’s office told the Tyler Morning Telegraph on Tuesday that the misunderstanding was the result of his campaign treasurer making a mistake while filing with the Federal Election Commission a payment for music at a campaign event in December." . . .
