Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) defended mocking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Twitter saying he was “going to call people names” because he said, “It’s inappropriate for the president to do that.” Partial transcript as follows: HARLOW: Congressman, you issued a series of scathing tweets about the attorney general and about the the president before, during and after the congressional testimony yesterday by Attorney General Sessions. You attacked his appearance. You mocked his looks, saying he looked like Kate McKinnon who plays him on SNL. You also repeatedly called him a liar. To prejudge his testimony, your tweets about him being a liar were before he even appeared in front of you. Why is that appropriate? Why prejudge him? LIEU: Because he lied to the U.S. Senate. After he made his statements, evidence came out later that showed his statements under oath to the U.S. Senate were in fact false. By the way, I am choosing words that the president of the United States uses on his Twitter. HARLOW: I understand that. But does that make it right? Do you like hearing the president use words like that, like Lying Ted so you repeat them? LIEU: I am