It’s not as if U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, had been fooled into spouting false information.

The truth is readily available.

The lies have been exposed publicly many times and had been debunked online, in print and during numerous broadcasts.

Still, when Scalise came to Phoenix to promote Donald Trump and Republican candidates, he said, “FEMA, among a whole bunch of other federal agencies, has been using your tax dollars that are supposed to help you as American citizens. They use that money helping illegals here........

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