Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, the GOP congressman who became famous when his six brothers and sisters appeared in campaign ads warning people not to vote for him, Tweeted a fake photo that showed Obama shaking hands with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani with the caption, “The world is a better place without these guys in power.”
The world is a better place without these guys in power. pic.twitter.com/gDoXQu9vO5
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) January 6, 2020
People pointed out that the photo was a fake based on a 2011 photo of Obama and India’s prime minister:
U.S. congressman sharing a fake photo. This photoshopped from Obama meeting India's prime minister. https://t.co/7UMjyPwFDQ pic.twitter.com/ckRZx3ktok
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) January 6, 2020
Gosar pretended he knew that all along, calling everyone who called him out “dim witted”:
2. The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror. The world is better without Obama as president. The world will be better off without Rouhani.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) January 6, 2020
People responded with their own fakes, like these:
That is photoshopped. Just like this one. pic.twitter.com/g6O2KUW0Ml
— Mo Latno Bill Phelan (@MoBill) January 6, 2020
— Gargolito (@gargolito) January 7, 2020
And real photos, like this:
https://twitter.com/ReelDancing/status/121429982542172979
My favorite Gosar fake is the one at the top, created by our own @beschizza.