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Emanuel Cleaver: “Churchill said that a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes.”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
Churchill said that a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cleaver highlights the speed at which misinformation spreads compared to the truth.

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