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On the recordJuly 24, 2017
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who I hold in high regard, once suggested that you are entitled to your own opinions but not entitled to your own facts.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson references Moynihan's quote on opinions versus facts in political discourse.

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