An Iraqi-American man who made headlines earlier this week by claiming that his ailing mother had died because of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration lied, according to the imam of his local mosque, Detroit’s Fox 2 reported Wednesday.
The original story was that Mike Hager, a U.S. citizen born in Iraq, was visiting relatives in Iraq but was forced to abandon his mother in that country when he tried to return home.
Social media exploded with accusations of murder against Trump — including tweets by respected news outlets.
But the story was a lie, concocted to feed opposition against Trump’s executive order, which suspends most travel from terror-prone countries previously identified as problematic by the Obama administration.
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3 comments:
...and the coveted Pinnochio Award goes to ........ the democrats
Wonder how much Dems paid him to lie?
That's why it's called fake news people
Wake up
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