seemed to encourage violence as a means to this end." The assessment quoted Gohmert saying, in part, "you gotta go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM." Gohmert denied he had advocated violence. In January 2021, before the end of Trump's term in office, Gohmert asked for a pardon for his actions in trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. In June 2021, Gohmert was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 United States Capitol attack. In July 2021, Gohmert suggested the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol was a conspiracy possibly set up by Democrats. In September 2022, upon the release of convicted January 6 participant Simone Gold from federal prison, he gave Gold an American flag that had flown on the Capitol. Anderson donation In June 2021, Gohmert's campaign was criticized for allegedly donating $5,500 to Faithful Word Baptist Church pastor Steven Anderson, who denies the Holocaust, promotes the death penalty for homosexuality, and publicly praised the Pulse nightclub shooting. Gohmert's chief of staff claimed this was a mistake and that the campaign actually paid a Christian singer with a similar name to perform at an event, and a staffer mistakenly listed the pastor’s name on the FEC disclosure form. Support for impeaching Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas Gohmert was one of 32 Republican congress members to cosponsor Andy Biggs' August 2021 resolution to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. He was also one of six Republican congress members to cosponsor Lauren Boebert's September 2021 resolution to impeach President Biden. Electoral history Personal life A Southern Baptist, Gohmert attends Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, where he has served as a deacon and teaches Sunday school. He and his wife Kathy have three daughters. See also Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack public hearings References External links Profile, texastribune.org Articles "Nine New Veterans Join Congress", Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine video of Gohmert Blaming Stock Market Failures on Democrats |- 1953 births 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American politicians Activists from Texas American people of German descent Baptists from Texas Baylor University alumni United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps Living people People from Mount Pleasant, Texas People from