Congressman loses tooth on camera, and Twitter snaps to attention

Rep. Louie Gohmert appeared to lose a tooth during the middle of a press conference on Tuesday.

The Republican representative from Texas was voicing his opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would rename several military bases and other government property named after Confederate leaders. The NDAA also includes bonuses for service members. Trump has threatened to veto the NDAA because it does not remove legal protections for social media sites like Twitter, which flagged tweets containing false or misleading information about the U.S. election. 

As he spoke, he appeared to pause mid-sentence as his tooth fell out.  Read more...

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