Fleming Falls for Onion Article

Someone needs to explain parody to Rep. John Fleming (R-La.). A recent status update on the Congressman’s Facebook page links to a story about how Planned Parenthood is building an “$8 billion Abortionplex.” A story that was published by… The Onion. The website Literally Unbelievable posted a screen shot of the link. They are devoted to publishing screenshots of people who mistakenly believe that Onion articles are the real deal. Fleming has since taken the link down from his timeline.

It took us six calls to Fleming’s office to realize a reply was probably going to be a long shot.

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