repugs distort research for their propaganda and then attack the researcher as unreliable!

Rep. Gohmert bashes economist John Reilly: ‘He may go to M-I-T but he is an N-U-T.’
(Think Progress)
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This is bizarre all around - the repugs want us to believe their distorted take on this man's research but then calls the man a "nut"! That would seem to indicate that they wouldn't take his research seriously in the first place, wouldn't it?!

Truth and facts really are problems for repugs, aren't they?