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Steve Cohen: “They say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie. Just like Goebbels. You say it enough, you repeat the…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2011
They say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie. Just like Goebbels. You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually, people believe it, like blood libel.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Congressman Cohen compares Republican statements about health care to lies propagated by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

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