Freshman Democrat Lawmaker Quietly Deletes Inaccurate Attack on Covington Students

Newly elected congresswoman Ilhan Omar, speaks to a group of supporters at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Nov. 2, 2018. Kerem Yucel/AFP/File photo via Getty Images

A national lawmaker quietly deleted an inaccurate tweet after leaving it up for hours, accumulating tens of thousands of views.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first Muslim lawmakers in the United States, posted on Twitter on Jan. 22, asserting several disproven allegations against Covington Catholic High School students, who were subject to a smear campaign by a number of media outlets.