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Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman is firing again after pictures went viral showing to indicate him viewing express photographs on a pill whereas aboard a flight, prompting swift on-line backlash.
Photographs posted to X Friday appeared to indicate the California congressman, 71, observing a pill along with his mouth agape whereas scrolling by pictures of girls of their underwear.
“Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman really feel it was acceptable to take a look at porn on his iPad throughout a flight immediately?” one X submit mentioned.
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The submit had amassed 12.4 million views as of Saturday night.
Sherman denied the allegations, and a spokesperson for the congressman informed Fox Information Digital the photographs appeared due to his algorithm on X, previously Twitter.
Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., leaves the Home Democrats’ caucus assembly within the U.S. Capitol in Washington Nov. 15, 2022. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photographs)
“This was nothing greater than scrolling by Twitter, and, sadly, Elon Musk has ruined the Twitter algorithm to present folks content material that they don’t ask for or subscribe to,” a spokesperson for Sherman informed Fox Information Digital in an e mail.
Sherman equally informed Punchbowl Information the pictures appeared on his X feed underneath the “For You” part of X, a web page that reveals advisable content material.
“This was on Twitter. These footage got here up on ‘For You’,” Sherman informed Punchbowl Information, including he considered quite a lot of posts throughout his cross-country flight.
“If it’s a must to fly throughout the nation, you have a look at a variety of stuff in your pill,” he mentioned.
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“If I see an image of a lady, may I have a look at it longer than a sundown? Yeah.”
When requested whether or not he thought the content material was acceptable to view on a aircraft, Sherman informed Punchbowl Information, “Is it pornography? I don’t assume Elon Musk thinks so. Is it acceptable? No.”
The pictures rapidly drew widespread reactions throughout social media.
Donald Trump Jr. responded to the viral submit with, “Yikes!!!!”
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Donald Trump Jr. speaks throughout a Bloomberg Tv interview in New York Metropolis July 15, 2025. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
Firing again at Donald Trump Jr., Sherman posted an edited model of the picture displaying his iPad display changed with the phrases, “Launch the Epstein information.”
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., additionally weighed in, writing, “I don’t wish to hear a single peep from anybody in/round Congress, or the media, [about] how I stroll by an airport ever once more.”
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Mace not too long ago demanded the resignation of Charleston Airport CEO Elliot Summey and threatened authorized motion after airport officers accused her of mistreating employees.
X didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
