Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy IIIis an American attorney, politician and former prosecutor. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district. He is a member of the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party. His district includes much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 August 1964
CountryUnited States of America
bad-ass law president
You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good enough for us to ask brand-new citizens to affirm their devotion to the law, is it too much to ask that the president do the same?
bad-ass numbers republican
I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.
facts republican democrat
Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.
columbia
I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.
people feel-good want
When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.
bad-ass remedy recourse
What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?
jack people unless
Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk.
criminal democrat officers police reason republican respect rule system victims
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!
camping clear decided definition descended despite occupy october preparing sleeping square
October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep.
jury summoned
If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!
majority
There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.
begins build common human legal longer nature remain turn
The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.
likely pick
You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don't know what's in their briefcase or purse.
impacts people positions trust
When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.