Twitter Explodes After Ammon Bundy Compares Himself to Rosa Parks—But There’s One Big Problem

“We are doing the same thing as Rosa Parks did.”

Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks to reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, near Burns, Ore. With the takeover entering its fourth day Wednesday, authorities had not removed the group of roughly 20 people from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon's high desert country. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Twitter and liberal news outlets exploded after Ammon Bundy, the leader of the armed group in Oregon, compared himself to Rosa Parks.

But people had to backtrack after it was revealed as a hoax.

The tweet came from an account that appeared to be Bundy, but on closer look it’s pretty obvious it’s fake. For one thing, the account is brand new, started on Jan. 3, with only a few thousand followers. For comparison, Bundy has used Facebook for more than a year and has many more followers.

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