CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Sens. Flake Klobuchar On President Trump And The Media January 18, 2018
As a distinguished former member of this body, Daniel Patrick moynihan of new york famously said, everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. During this past year, im alarmed to say that senator moynihans proposition has likely been tested more severely than at any time in our history. For it is that reason that i rise today to talk about the truth and the truths relationship to democracy, for without truth and a principled fidelity to truth and the shared facts, mr. President , our democracy will not last. 2017 was a year which saw the truth, objective empirical evidence m...