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GOP mistakenly tweets fake Abraham Lincoln quote, sparks hilarious memes on social media
Topic Started: Feb 13 2017, 08:10 AM (305 Views)
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The Republican National Committee's official Twitter account commemorated Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Sunday (12 February) by mistakenly posting a quote wrongly attributed to the 16th US president. As expected, social media users wasted no time in responding to the tweet with jokes and fake quote memes of their own.

The GOP shared a photo of the Lincoln Memorial accompanied with the quote: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

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"His leadership brought us together; his legacy inspires us all. Happy Birthday, President Lincoln!" the GOP's tweet read.

However, according to Quote Investigator, there is no "substantive evidence that Lincoln used the expression". The website says the earliest appearance of the adage was used in a 1947 advertisement for a book on aging by Edward J Stieglitz.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-mistakenly-tweets-fake-abraham-081629274.html
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This expectation that the White House actually be accurate in what it says and claims appears to be completely out of their reach.
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It was an alternate quote.
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Leftists are easily entertained.
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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^Apologist for dumba$$ lackeys.
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This calls for Congressional hearings and liberal demonstrations............ :)
Edited by Robert Stout, Feb 13 2017, 01:07 PM.
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