Earlier today, Ilhan Omar tweeted about Donald Trump’s culpability in the death of a 9-month-old boy:
A nine month old died as a direct result of Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and CHIP.
He is one of a million children to lose healthcare.
Let that sink in. https://t.co/U4q8uXksKZ
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 24, 2019
Thing was, the boy is still very much alive. But it’s OK, because two and a half hours after sending her initial tweet, Omar tweeted this follow-up:
almost died*
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 24, 2019
Oh, well. Good thing she cleared that up.
lol, hours later… https://t.co/7MN1unCxqN
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 24, 2019
We’re sure that asterisk will get the same amount of attention as her original tweet.
Holy s*it with this response. https://t.co/sp44TCzgR5 https://t.co/95nzbILvNA
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) October 24, 2019
Pretty big distinction
— tedi cat (@cat_tedi) October 24, 2019
Minor detail
— Kevin McMahon (@KevinMcMahonYAF) October 24, 2019
no that is not the best way to handle this correction pic.twitter.com/KhpvYUEnIB
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) October 24, 2019
You should delete that and repost with correction
— கல்வெட்டு (@kalvetu) October 24, 2019
And miss out on all those sweet likes and retweets? No thank you.
I wonder which one will get more retweets?
— bryan jones (@bryantheblue) October 24, 2019
This will surely get as many likes and RTs
— Tall Guy (@tallYuppieScum) October 24, 2019
thank god you did a two word follow up with a * instead of deleting the tweet and correcting it. Almost lost that clout for a second ?
— palmer (@dpalm34) October 24, 2019
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She’s gotta keep that mojo going.
— Jeroen (@klimatheist) October 24, 2019
Is “*almost died” seriously the best we can hope for from Ilhan Omar? Spoiler alert: Yep.
GP You mean "got treatment for an illness that had nothing to do with Medicaid cuts and recovered."
Got it. https://t.co/bHwJa3xLBQ
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) October 24, 2019
We’re sure Omar’s subsequent tweets debunking the other claims in her original tweet will be along any time now …
As we pointed out originally, the hospital still treated him and there's no indication that his insurance status had anything to do with his care. Did she even read the article? https://t.co/sp44TCzgR5 https://t.co/95nzbILvNA
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) October 24, 2019
Talk about human scum.