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Tom Emmer’s “Freedom-loving American” Quote is Taken Out of Context

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Tom Emmer said you can’t call yourself a freedom loving American and be a Democrat.

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  • Twitter postings
  • Liberal blogs
Fact

In a classic case of truncating a quote to bring it out of context, the Twitterati and liberal bloggers are having a field day with what they claim is a Tom Emmer quote disparaging all Democrats. They are using the first part of a long quote to the Marshall Independent that says "“I don’t think you can call yourself a freedom-loving American and be a Democrat.”

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