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Steve Cohen: It wasn't me that held them up as the biggest liars of the year. It was PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist…

On the recordJanuary 18, 2011
It wasn't me that held them up as the biggest liars of the year. It was PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist crowd.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen references PolitiFact's designation of the Republican Party's claims as misleading, distancing himself from the accusation.

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