Sen. Marco Rubio, attempting to pay tribute to Rep. John Robert Lewis, the Georgia Democrat and civil rights icon who died late Friday, instead tweeted out a photo of him standing with Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died last year.
Rubio's tweet, which was deleted after about 20 minutes, read:"It was an honor to know & be blessed by with the opportunity to serve in Congress with JohnLewis a genuine & historic American hero. May the Lord grant him eternal peace."
The senior senator from Florida also made that photo his Twitter avatar before later changing it to a photo of him and Lewis. In a since-deleted tweet, Marco Rubio confuses Rep. John Lewis with Rep. Elijah Cummings, July 18, 2020. In a since-deleted tweet, Marco Rubio confuses Rep. John Lewis with Rep. Elijah Cummings, July 18, 2020.The social media flub caught the eye of many, and Rubio later tweeted that he'd shared"an incorrect photo."
Lewis, known as the"conscience of the U.S. Congress," died seven months after a routine medical visit revealed he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
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