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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

GOP senator believes there would be less ‘fake news’ if violence were used against reporters

A GOP senator insinuated there would be less “fake news” in the world if people were allowed to use violence against reporters.

Oklahoma’s Sen. Markwayne Mullin posted a video on X Saturday from inside the U.S. Capitol. In the clip, he recounted the shooting of Kentucky Congressman William Taulbee by a news reporter in 1890.

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