The liberal New Republic magazine, eager to prove that President Obama participates in skeet shooting even if Jay Carney can't corroborate it, tweeted a picture of Obama appearing to hold a shotgun while at Camp David on Tuesday. Shortly after tweeting it, the New Republic deleted it.
The reason? The photo was fake, and came from a parody website called whitehouse.gov1.info.
The site clearly says, "not the White House" on the top of the page, with the banner, "parody of whitehouse.gov."
"Nope, this is not the official website of The White House. It's a parody of whitehouse.gov," the page says at the bottom. "No person, department, or agency of the U.S. Government approved, endorsed, or authorized this site. No animals were harmed while making this website (except maybe that one time when I was a little late feeding my dog his dinner)."
Within minutes of tweeting the picture, the New Republic deleted it, the Weekly Standard said.
"OK, everyone. Apologies. Twitter sometimes leads to quick accidents," the magazine tweeted.
Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit said the president's image actually came from an old golf photo.
"Nice try, libs," Hoft wrote.
When asked by the publication if he had ever shot a gun, Obama replied: "In fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time."
"He does go to Camp David with some regularity, but I'm not sure how often he’s done that," Carney told reporters Monday.
On Tuesday, the Washington Times said that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) questioned the claim and issued a challenge.
“If he’s a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos? Why hasn’t he referenced this at any point in time?” she asked.
“I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I’ll go skeet shooting with him and I bet I’ll beat him,” she said.
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