House Hearing Breaks Down When Anna Paulina Luna Says Melanie Stansbury Lied About A GOP Witness

At a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing last week, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) clashed over remarks made during the hearing.

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[hugofry]

Just to be REAL here...An Untruth/Mistruth is STILL a Lie.

[johnnytortellini]

Notice how the LIAR was only concerned with the “name calling” and not that she LIED, but asked normal questions.
If you don’t want to be called a Liar, don’t Lie.

[jgobeille]

The amount of empty chairs during our government hearings is shameful.

[mrrey]

Well done Rep Luna!! call it what it is!!

[dragonslayer]

Well, we CAN'T have lies called lies. Let's just change our language again.

[MW-iclr]

Calling a lie a lie is not calling someone a big meanie name lol

[malignustotalis]

We live in a society where you can't say the liar is lying, but the one who is telling the truth is accused of being a liar and hateful, and so on.🎉

[petuniafuzz]

This young man seems to understand what the country needs, assuming we want to accomplish that goal.

[comiskey]

I love that they have a lengthy sidebar to come to an agreement on how to call her a liar without calling her a liar. 😂

[fergiebells]

Outstanding final few minutes of testimony 👏👏

[mostlyinterested]

I'd have asked her if she would like the record to reflect she was someone who lied or just that she "felt" offended that somebody called her a liar.

[socalastarte]

It's amazing how reasonable actual experts sound when they report facts and keep their feeling to themselves.

[myalias]

Luna is wonderful and this witness is excellent. Thanks to both.

[aieen]

Saying someone lied is not name calling, it’s not calling you a name it’s stating an ACTION.

[sms]

This dude is spot on with his answers! It's about time someone says what everyone else is thinking! BRAVO!

[deniswauchope]

Anna Paulina is a dynamite Congresswoman (also gorgeous) and that witness was far above average; he was honest, forthright, had facts & data at his command, and testified directly to the point. Kudos to them both!

[researchplease]

She didn't call you names. But you know what they say - if the shoe fits 😂

[thomascroce]

She effin lied. It's what it is. Call it what it is.

[hobabby]

Rep. Luna didn't call Rep. Stansbury a liar. She asked if the witness "would like to address some of the lies Ms. Stansbury told about you." Big difference.

[mrrey]

Reclaiming my time, I have an objection with the camera person who did NOT clean the lens of the camera that is pointed at Mrs. Luna!! Thank you, I yield back the rest of my time.