- Jayapal (D-WA)
| ...chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force... | tweeted about the '2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed'
- Online critics quickly pointed out the total appeared to include the 19 hijackers who carried out the attacks
- Official figures reflect the 2,977 people who died at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, near Shanksville, Pa., and aboard four aircraft
- Jayapal then deleted the tweet without explanation
- She made and deleted the same tweet last year
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