President Donald Trump lied on Wednesday about the nature of a phone call with Rep. Debbie Dingell in February after the death of her husband, former Rep. John Dingell, she said in an interview Thursday.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, Trump told his version of the story to a crowd of more than 9,000 people as he lambasted Debbie Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, for voting to impeach him that night.

Last winter, the president ensured that John Dingell, a World War II veteran who served 60 years in the House from 1955 to 2015, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery and ordered federal buildings across the country to lower their flags.

Debbie Dingell “called me up and said it was the nicest thing and John would have been so pleased,” Trump said, suggesting that the congresswoman dialed him up with a tone of desperation asking that her late husband be showered with accolades.

Trump added that Dingell then told him her husband would be happily looking down from heaven on the funeral service.