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3.) I didn’t go into Gowdy’s motive; I just said that he lied. Can you justify another conclusion?

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You can only lie, if you know the truth is something else.

Lying implies motivation.

Come on, you're smart than this.

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“You can only lie, if you know the truth is something else.”

I think that when Cruz admitted the bill contained no immigration prohibition, he was telling the truth. Would that qualify as an answer to “if you know the truth is something else”? Cruz’s statement runs counter to what Gowdy wrote.