Why did Rep Steve King (R-IA) praise Speaker Boehner for lying?

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Steve King R Iowa was speaking on the floor yesterday and he PRAISED Speaker John Boehner  for his willingness to tell lies. Here is the quote...

"I would make the point that the leader and the Speaker have established their integrity and their mendacity for years in this Congress, and I don't believe it can be effectively challenged, and those who do so actually cast aspersions on themselves for making wild accusations."

Is he telling the truth? What he is really saying is that the Speaker tells a lot of lies.

Or is he just using a word that he does not know the meaning of... for those of you that don't...

Definition of MENDACIOUS
: given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth <mendacious tales of his adventures>
— men·da·cious·ly adverb
— men·da·cious·ness noun 

Definition of MENDACITY
1
: the quality or state of being mendacious
2
: lie

? · Accepted Answer

I saw the video of King's speech, and he said EXACTLY what you've written; I found it HILARIOUS.  Someone (I can't remember exactly who) once said "It's better to keep your mouth shut and let people THINK you're an idiot, than to open it and remove ALL doubt".  King's ignorance demonstrates this beautifully.

justa · Answer

The transcript isn't flawed, he confused mendacity, lying, with veracity, truthfulness.

I won't go into why he was confused on that point.

Anonymous · Answer

I think your transcript is flawed.

Steve King spoke a whole lot of sense yesterday, you should have listened.

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Why did Rep Steve King (R-IA) praise Speaker Boehner for lying?

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