Honored to Know Him But Didn't Know Him Too Well

Stop me if you've heard this—

marco rubio's tweet about john lewis - which is now his profile pic - is a photo of elijah cummings. pic.twitter.com/S5N53I2tRI

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 18, 2020

Would have been an even greater honor to know which great bald African American congressman who's died in the past year he was.

Not Rubio's profile pic any longer, of course, and he's come up with a correction featuring an actual shot of Lewis

Earlier today I tweeted an incorrect photo

John Lewis was a genuine American hero

I was honored to appear together in Miami 3 years ago at an event captured in video below

My God grant him eternal resthttps://t.co/aEm4MxKxBP pic.twitter.com/0UpWSG3vNQ

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 18, 2020

Though he still couldn't do it without a typo "My" for "May").

A valuable lesson from one tweep:

Marco Rubio can't tell two black men he DOES know apart, but he's sure that police officers and eyewitnesses can tell black men they DON'T know apart.

— Jonathan Allen (@jallen1985) July 19, 2020