Ethics Breach? GOP Congressman Could Be in Trouble After Sharing Doctored Obama Photo – By Colin Kalmbacher (Law and Crime) / Jan 6 2020
A Republican member of Congress is being heavily criticized after tweeting a doctored image of former president Barack Obama shaking hands with the current President of Iran Hassan Rouhani. And some critics are wondering whether he might be formally disciplined or investigated for his actions.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) shared the image on Monday afternoon with the caption: “The world is a better place without these guys in power.”
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Somewhat ironically, the doctored photograph of Obama shaking hands with Iran’s moderate—and still in office—president was based on an actual image of Obama shaking hands with India’s far-right and Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narenda Modi.
Twitter users immediately cried foul and attempted to correct the record.
Gosar later shot back at his detractors with the almost-equally-derided defense that “no one said this wasn’t photoshopped.”
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