Giuliani Gets Bashed Online Over 'Ilhan Omar at Terrorist Training Camp' Meme

© AFP 2023 / Mary SchwalmFormer New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani smiles as he takes the stage to speak before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at an event on October 15, 2016 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani smiles as he takes the stage to speak before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at an event on October 15, 2016 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Sputnik International
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While the photo featured in the meme appears to be authentic, it was taken at a military training camp in Somalia several years before Ilhan Omar was born.

US President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani ended up getting flak online after sharing a meme alleging that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was spotted at a terrorist training camp.

The meme in question, which was debunked by fact-checker PolitiFact last year, features a black-and-white photo of a woman holding a gun, with the following caption: "Here is your precious Muslim congresswoman at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia".

Said photo, however, while being authentic, was taken at a military training campus in Somalia in 1978, some three years before Omar was born, as the fact-checker noted.

"Can we get rest of this picture?" Giuliani inquired while sharing the aforementioned meme with his sizeable Twitter audience.

And while Giuliani's tweet has apparently since been deleted, a number of social media users proceeded to criticize and mock him over this move.

​In March 2019, Giuliani also shared what the Independent described as a "misleading video clip" featuring Omar, with the caption alleging that the congresswoman "admits to taking terrorism classes".

​As the newspaper points out, however, Omar "studied political science and international relations at North Dakota State University" and "has discussed a class she took at the school in which students learned about the 'ideology' of terrorism".

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