Conservative blogger Matthew Drudge mixed up Hillary Clinton’s longtime aide Huma Abedin with a Burmese politician Tuesday morning in a post highlighting Abedin’s separation from her husband.
The photo Drudge posted with the caption, “Weiner Free! Wedding Band Off…”, shows then-Secretary of State Clinton embracing Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit in 2011:
The photo only shows Suu Kyi’s back, but NBC News’ Bradd Jaffy pointed out on Twitter that the photo does not show Abedin at all. He also pointed out that the same photo had been incorrectly used on anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller’s website before.
Rumors that have long circulated in the fever swamps of the right-wing internet that Clinton and Abedin, who now serves as her campaign co-chair, are somehow romantically involved have came to a head again after Abedin, who is married to former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), announced the couple’s separation on Monday.
The separation followed the news that Weiner was accused of sending lewd photos of himself to other women, which he was caught doing twice before, ending both his congressional career and his 2013 bid for mayor of New York City.
Drudge changed the photo on the post to one of Clinton and Abedin around 10:30 a.m.
