The Florida Republican senator makes the image of Elijah Cummings his Twitter profile picture – then deletes it 20 minutes later.
Like many of his colleagues, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted a tribute to John Lewis on Saturday and included a photo of himself with the civil rights icon who died Friday. He even made the image his Twitter profile picture.
There was just one problem. The photo was of Rubio and the late congressman Elijah Cummings, who died in December.
“It was an honor to know & be blessed with the opportunity to serve in Congress with John Lewis a genuine & historic American hero,” Rubio tweeted with the photo of himself and Cummings.
The response on Twitter was a mix of anger and ridicule, with many users posting photos of various white Republican congressmen and labeling them Rubio.
