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Jim McGovern: “It's not just calling somebody a liar. It's calling their…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 05:27

I don't even know whether any of our options that we would normally take advantage of on the floor are available to us today. But It's not just calling somebody a liar. It's calling their words a lie. They're both, to me, equally offensive. And. And I would wish the gentleman would withdraw all of those statements. I think that would be more appropriate. He could have. He could disagree with the statements. (05:27–05:33)

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Asserts that calling someone a liar and calling their words a lie are equally offensive.

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