the language used is very, very personal. they have it out for him in particularly in a way that they don t even have it out for the president, i don t think. it wasn t just gomert. another republican suggested the attorney general should be in jail. listen to this. i don t think mr. holder should be here. he s in contempt of this body. i ve called for his resignation. and i just don t think that it s appropriate that mr. holder be here. if an american citizen had not complied with one of the justice department subpoenas, they would be in jail, not sitting here in front testifying. i mean, this is outrageous. not only outrageous, but let s recognize, this is an election year. and what each of these individuals are doing, gomert, the last congressman we just saw, they re playing to their districts. that s exactly what they re doing.
he doesn t read memos, he s not smart. these kinds of personal insults have no place in the halls of congress. but today when the attorney general testified at a house hearing, republicans did it again, and the attorney general didn t let congressman louis gomert get away with it. i read you what your department promised, and it is inadequa inadequate. and i realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important that we have proper oversight. you don t want to go there, buddy. you don t want to go there, okay? i don t want to go there. no. about the contempt. you should not assume that that is not a big deal to me. i think that it was inappropriate. i think it was unjust, but never think that was not a big deal to me. don t ever think that. in american history, congress
what they think, and it s, you know, in some private, polite company, we refer to it as righteous indignation. bottom line is, i m so proud of eric holder in the way that he responded, and i think he put the congressman in his place. now, you know, susan, you ve been around and have watched the congress and reported on the congress for a while. have you ever seen the tone and language like you ve seen under attorney general holder? i actually think there s an animous that exists between the attorney general and some of the republicans in congress. it s much deeper than between the president and the republican congress. and i m not entirely sure where it comes from, but it s actually very, very personal. i thought that, you know, gomert was going to challenge him to a duel. they have such a fundamental disagreement on the use of firearms i m not sure they could even agree on that. it s very personal.
diplomacy, making religious freedom key there. and he also made once again a request of both the north korea and iranian governments to release americans being held captive simply for practicing and attempting to spread their own christian beliefs. you saw the lighthearted moment there between the president and louis gomert, an outspoken critic of the president, and the president joking that he likes him, because he doesn t watch tv. and a newly declared congressional candidate that you might recognize. his name is clay aiken. first, today s trivia question. which senator has written songs recorded by gladys knight? the first person with the correct answer gets the on-air shout-out. [ male announcer ] we all think about life insurance. but when we start worrying about tomorrow, we miss out on the things that matter today.
of his pro same sex marriage stance. we have several developments to tell you about. the coach in question mike preifer said he denies the allegations and also the vikings organization is taking this seriously saying they will review the matter and also said in a statement, quote, any notion that chris was released due to his stance on marriage equality is inaccurate and inconsistent with team policies. chris was released based on his football performance. for a reaction let s go to our great american panel. here with us, texas s louis gomert and bob beckel from the five. you re a football guy. sort it out a little bit. first of all the vikings had a miserable year. it s not surprising that the whole team should be let go to