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As with the other quotes which Tyson is accused of fabricating, there is also zero evidence that this particular quote has ever been uttered by a member of Congress. Extensive searches of Google, Nexis, and the Congressional Record found no instance of the quote spoken by a member of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/15/did-neil-degrasse-tyson-just-try-to-justify-blatant-quote-fabrication/|title=Did Neil deGrasse Tyson Just Try To Justify Blatant Quote Fabrication?|last1=Davis|first1=Sean|date=September 15, 2014|website=thefederalist.com|publisher=The Federalist|accessdate=September 16, 2014}}</ref> A similar quote was spoken by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in 1998, but she was attacking a colleague, not referring to her own views.

As with the other quotes which Tyson is accused of fabricating, there is also zero evidence that this particular quote has ever been uttered by a member of Congress. Extensive searches of Google, Nexis, and the Congressional Record found no instance of the quote spoken by a member of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/15/did-neil-degrasse-tyson-just-try-to-justify-blatant-quote-fabrication/|title=Did Neil deGrasse Tyson Just Try To Justify Blatant Quote Fabrication?|last1=Davis|first1=Sean|date=September 15, 2014|website=thefederalist.com|publisher=The Federalist|accessdate=September 16, 2014}}</ref> A similar quote was spoken by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in 1998, but she was attacking a colleague, not referring to her own views.

 

 

“You have done a 360-degree turn," Waters said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "I’m a little disappointed. Never in my wildest imagination did I think that you would have such a conflict in views about perjury and lying.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/09/news/mn-52296|title=Never Condoned Lying Under Oath, Hyde Says|last1=Writer|first1=Staff|date=December 9, 1998|website=latimes.com|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=September 16, 2014}}</ref> If Tyson was referring to Waters' quote, it is unclear why he mangled it and then refused to cite her as the quote's source.

“You have done a 360-degree turn," Waters said, according to the ''Los Angeles Times''. "I’m a little disappointed. Never in my wildest imagination did I think that you would have such a conflict in views about perjury and lying.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/09/news/mn-52296|title=Never Condoned Lying Under Oath, Hyde Says|last1=Writer|first1=Staff|date=December 9, 1998|website=latimes.com|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=September 16, 2014}}</ref> If Tyson was referring to Waters' quote, it is unclear why he mangled it and then refused to cite her as the quote's source.

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