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On November 15, 2019, after former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch finished offering public testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's activities, many of those present stood and cheered for Yovanovitch as the session came to a close: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marie-yovanovitch-trump-impeachment-hearing-standing-ovation-ukraine-a9205206.html At the same time, according to a critical tweet, one of the Republican House members who had questioned Yovanovitch -- Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York -- turned to the camera and defiantly flipped the bird as she exited the chamber: However, this picture was not a real photograph, but an alternate version of the original image that was digitally altered to make it falsely appear as if Stefanik were angrily offering the middle-finger salute: When the fakeness of this picture was pointed out, the original poster deleted his tweet and issued an acknowledgement of his error, as well as an apology to Rep. Stefanik for posting the inauthentic image and calling her a childish loser:
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