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Mark Pocan: “There's two inspector general reports, which is why they…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 06:59

So you just screwed over. And bottom line is they think they save money for a tax for the wealthy. Is that what's going on here? Well, There's two inspector general reports, which is why they fired a bunch of the inspector generals in the beginning that said that's not true. The numbers he said last night were completely false and he just continued to say them. And that's the thing, is you repeat the lie enough that it actually becomes a reality. (06:59–07:06)

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Asserts that inspector general reports contradict claims made by the administration, leading to the firing of inspectors general.

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