- Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert said prayer could put an end to mass shootings.
- Gohmert previously called it ineffective for Democrats to criticize Republican pro-gun efforts.
- Gohmert isn't running for re-election in the House and placed last in the Texas AG race.
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, of Texas, suggested Wednesday that if government officials prayed more, mass shootings across the country could cease to exist.
Gohmert, who is not running for re-election in the House but placed last in the Texas attorney general race, made his remarks at a House session where officials voted on several gun control bills.
"Look, maybe if we heard more prayers from leaders of this country instead of taking God's name in vain, we wouldn't have the mass killings like we didn't have before prayer was eliminated from schools," he told the House.
Gohmert made the remarks during Wednesday's session on a package of gun safety bills known as the Protecting Our Kids Act. The act was broken up into several gun policies, including one that would raise the age limit from 18 to 21 to buy a semi-automatic weapon.
Last Thursday, Gohmert spoke out against Democrats' criticism of conservative efforts to block gun control measures despite the alarming number of mass shootings in 2022.
"I don't think that it's very effective for the children to have people on the other side of the aisle come in and accuse Republicans of being complicit in murder and that we put our right to kill over others' right to live," Gohmert told a Judiciary House Committee last week.
Last Friday, following the indictment of Peter Navarra, Gohmert also said that Republicans "can't even lie to Congress or lie to an FBI agent" despite it being a felony crime.
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