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Marco Rubio mixes up John Lewis and fellow late Black lawmaker Elijah Cummings in tweet

New York Daily News

(L) Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio speaks at the NHGOP First In The Nation Town Hall January 23, 2016 in Nashua, New Hampshire. (R)House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

Sen. Marco Rubio tried to pay tribute to the late John Lewis Saturday — by posting a photo of Elijah Cummings.

In an embarrassing mix up, Rubio (R-Fla.) posted the photo of himself with Cummings, a Black civil rights leader like Lewis.

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The Baltimore lawmaker died last October at age 68. Lewis did Friday at 80.

“John Lewis (was) a genuine & historic American hero,” Rubio wrote in a message along with the incorrect photo. “May the Lord grant him eternal peace.”

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Rubio deleted the tweet after commentators on Twitter pointed out the mistake. He later posted a photo of himself with Lewis.

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) made the same blunder later Saturday. He is up for reelection in November in a race that a recent poll has shown is tighter than expected as Republicans struggle against headwinds caused by President Trump’s unpopularity.

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