Rep. Will Hurd William Ballard HurdHillicon Valley: Oracle confirms deal with TikTok to be 'trusted technology provider' | QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19 | VA hit by data breach impacting 46,000 veterans House approves bill to secure internet-connected federal devices against cyber threats House Democrats' campaign arm reserves .6M in ads in competitive districts MORE (R-Texas) criticized President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE for sharing a deceptively edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiHoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE (D-Calif.), saying no one, including Trump, should “disseminate information that you know is ultimately doctored.”

Last week, a video went viral on conservative social media outlets that slowed down audio of a Pelosi speech to make her appear to be slurring her words. Shortly after, Trump tweeted a different clip of Pelosi initially aired on Fox News’s “Lou Dobbs Louis (Lou) Carl DobbsTrump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs to be deposed in Seth Rich lawsuit: report Trump praises several Fox News shows at briefing for coverage of Russia probe MORE Tonight” that spliced together several verbal pauses.

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“You shouldn't disseminate information that you know is ultimately doctored,” Hurd said Sunday on “Face the Nation,” asked specifically about the clip Trump has posted. “And this is going to escalate this debate and this fight.”

Hurd said the controversy over the initial video, which Facebook has said it will not remove, illustrates a lack of preparedness in responding to misinformation.

“We have old laws to decide how you handle disinformation. You have leaders that don't understand how this technology can be used in the future. This goes back into this whole conversation around disinformation and how are we dealing with it,” he said. “And it's not just the government alone. It's not just the social media companies. It's also the media, academia involved in trying to do this.”

Hurd represents a swing district that, as of 2019, is the only Republican-held seat on the U.S./Mexico border. He won his 2018 reelection by about 1,150 votes, making it the closest House race in Texas.