Cummings staff are sadly used to people confusing him with John Lewis https://t.co/4j2GGtSNPY
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 1, 2017
WHOOPS!
It looks like the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza confused Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummins with Democratic Rep. John Lewis at President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday:
Please make me a GIF of Joe Scarborough clapping next to John Lewis not clapping
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 1, 2017
Rep. John Lewis wasn’t even at the speech last night:
No, that wasn't @repjohnlewis. His office says he skipped Trump's speech. https://t.co/SSLvQ9Grut #gapol pic.twitter.com/9TZcdsDB5T
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) March 1, 2017
Cillizza was called out for his error by many, including Joan Walsh:
How long have you been covering Congress? Jesus… https://t.co/Z5Sl9yiTjf
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) March 1, 2017
It doesn’t look like Cillizza ever admitted his error, but he did finally get a .Gif of the moment:
I love everything https://t.co/kKrNh6PMVa
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 1, 2017
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 1, 2017
More folks calling out the WaPost political expert:
.@TheFix Mix up your black leaders much?
— Bobby Dinero (@robwilsontv) March 1, 2017
they all look the same, amiwhite?
— Keith England (@keithengland) March 1, 2017
"Some of my friends are black" pic.twitter.com/cDqlB9p3XC
— Eileen De Freest (@eileendefreest) March 1, 2017
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