Once you’ve built a reputation for making batshit-crazy pronouncements to appeal to your batshit-crazy base, it must get more and more difficult to keep it going.

Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggested on Tuesday that the president of the United States was “extremely prejudiced” because he was deporting Mexicans, while allowing child refugees who were fleeing violence in Central America to stay.

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“I mean, holy smokes, this guy truly is fundamentally transforming America,” the Texas Republican opined. “But not into anything the Founders ever dreamed. These are people who are being given amnesty, who will eventually be able to vote if they’re not already, who have no idea what it takes to maintain a Republic if you can keep it, madam [sic].”

“And if you want to say, look at where these folks came from, we’ve got to give them amnesty, we’ve got to help them,” Gohmert continued. “Listen, there are are so many children around the world that are worse off than those in Central America, and how unfair is it to the Mexicans?”

To borrow a concept from the music industry, you have your entire life to come up with your first batshit-crazy pronouncement, but only a few days or weeks to come up with your second. Gohmert is so accomplished at this, he’s having to dig very deep indeed to find new material.

Unless, of course, Gohmert really is motivated by concern for the plight of undocumented Mexican immigrants, which is possible, but I have my doubts.