code: def create(self, **kwargs):
          
          Statement = self.get_model('statement')
          Tag = self.get_model('tag')
  
          tags = kwargs.pop('tags', [])
  
          if 'search_text' not in kwargs:
              kwargs['search_text'] = self.tagger.get_bigram_pair_string(kwargs['text'])
  
          if 'search_in_response_to' not in kwargs:
              if kwargs.get('in_response_to'):
                  kwargs['search_in_response_to'] = self.tagger.get_bigram_pair_string(kwargs['in_response_to'])
  
          statement = Statement(**kwargs)
  
          statement.save()
  
          tags_to_add = []
  
          for _tag in tags:
              tag, _ = Tag.objects.get_or_create(name=_tag)
              tags_to_add.append(tag)
  
          statement.tags.add(*tags_to_add)
  
          return statement
docs: Creates a new statement matching the keyword arguments specified.
          Returns the created statement.