Congresswoman Lauren Boebert appeared to confused the filmmaker Oliver Stone with the conservative political strategist Roger Stone on Tuesday.
The Colorado Republican Representative made the error when speaking at a congressional hearing about the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy.
“Mr. Stone you wrote a book accusing LBJ of being involved in the killing of president Kennedy. Do these most recent releases confirm or negate your initial charge… being involved in the assassination of president Kennedy,” Boebert said, referring to President Donald Trump‘s release of the remaining files related to JFK’s assassination of last month.
Morley: I think you’re confusing Roger Stone with Oliver Stone Boebert: I may have misinterpreted that. I apologize pic.twitter.com/88qWWhUKkX
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Oliver Stone responded: “No, I didn’t. If you look closely at the film, there’s no — it accuses the President Johnson of part, being part of, complicit in a cover-up of the case, but no
Journalist Jefferson Morley stepped in and told Boebert: “I think you’re confusing Mr. Oliver Stone with Mr. Roger Stone. It’s Roger Stone who implicated LBJ in the assassination of the president. It’s not my friend Oliver Stone.”
Boebert then replied: “I may have misinterpreted that and I apologize for that.”
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