"And if anything I've said this morning has been misconstrued... I want to apologize for that ... misconstruction."
[Which, being interpreted, means Smokey Joe Barton has now
apologized for OUR failure to construe correctly what HE said.
This is what is popularly called a 'non-apology apology'.]
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I think he originally called it "a misconstrued" and then failed to apologized for that malapropism. Check back and see if I'm not correct.
Here's what Smokey Joe said (according to Portfolio.com):
"And if anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect I want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction."
The source I quoted from had used ellipses to omit "to the opposite effect" and the second "misconstrued."
"Misconstrued Misconstruction:" Only in Texas!
Not only in Texas, unfortunately. Thanks for the clarification! I think ...
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