Twitter users were quick to criticize Hogan Gidley, a White House spokesman, after he claimed that Obama killed Muammar al-Gaddafi.
WASHINGTON – Hogan Gidley, a White House spokesman, was criticized on Twitter after claiming that former President Barack Obama killed Muammar al-Gaddafi, the former prime minister of Libya.
On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that"we don’t know precisely when and we don’t know precisely where, but it was real." Gidley also argued Obama did not offer evidence of an imminent threat posed by Osama bin Laden, founder of al Qaeda, when he authorized the operation that killed him in 2011.
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. played mostly a supporting role in NATO military operations regarding Libya, but the White House did not have a direct role in his death. "Like, just do a google search, man. Obama didn't kill Gaddafi. Libyans did," Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy tweeted back.More: GOP Rep. Doug Collins apologizes for saying Democrats 'are in love with terrorists'
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