Two GOP Sens Apologize For Using Photos Of Cummings In John Lewis Tribute Posts

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Sen, Dan Sullivan, R-AK, wears a mask during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The hearing was held to examine the nominations of Br... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Sen, Dan Sullivan, R-AK, wears a mask during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The hearing was held to examine the nominations of Braithwaite to be Secretary of the Navy, Anderson to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Brown, Jr. to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Saturday issued apologies after erroneously posting photos of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings in social media posts that paid tribute to Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) following his recent death.

On Friday night, Lewis died at the age of 80 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last December. Shortly after Lewis’ death was announced, politicians paid tribute to the late congressman, who had a reputation for his involvement in the civil rights movement and serving 17 terms in Congress.

Sullivan issued an apology for a now-deleted Facebook post paying tribute to Lewis that featured a photo of the Alaska senator with Cummings — the Maryland congressman who died last year — in front of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The photo was previously used in a post last year paying tribute to Cummings.

“Senator Sullivan’s staff made a mistake trying to honor an American legend,” a spokesperson for Sullivan told CNN.

Sullivan shared a new post on Facebook that refers to a Washington Post article on Lewis’ death.

Earlier Saturday, Rubio tweeted an image that mistook Cummings for Lewis, and acknowledged the error after deleting his initial post and replacing it with a new message paying tribute to Lewis.

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  1. Generally when one makes an asshole out of themselves they try and hide. Here we see how far the rot in the Republican party has come when these 2 come out and point out their assholiness

  2. Are we treading dangerously close to the ‘they all look alike’ argument here?

  3. Avatar for dswx dswx says:

    Precisely.

  4. IMO this proves their thinking

  5. You can’t expect GOP senators to tell one person from the next. Oh, except for statues of dead confederates. Those they can get right.

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