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On Dec. 8, 2020, a video supposedly showing a tooth of U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, falling out during a news conference went viral: This is a genuine (albeit slowed-down and cropped) video of Gohmert. The congressman noted on Twitter, however, that it was a temporary crown that came loose, not an entire tooth. The above-displayed footage was taken during a news conference in which Gohmert and members of the House Freedom Caucus voiced opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Gohmert takes his turn at the mic around the 7:40 mark of the following video. His dental crown came loose around 8:15: https://youtu.be/lC4NE0vU5Pg?t=482Gohmert confirmed that his crown came loose in a tweet criticizing the media for focusing coverage on #crowngate instead of the content of the news conference: One reason why news outlets may have chosen to cover Gohmert's losing a crown during a news conference, as opposed to widespread election fraud, is because only one of those things actually happened.
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