33 Embarrassing Congressional Edits To Members’ Wikipedia Pages

A search through the House of Representatives IP address on Wikipedia shows which pages have been edited by Congressional staff . The IP address, shared by all Congressional offices offers a glimpse at who decided to do a bit of historical airbrushing.

Rep. Mike Coffman: Removed edits to an incident saying President Obama was "in his heart, just not an American."

Rep. Mike Coffman: Removed edits to an incident saying President Obama was "in his heart, just not an American."

Source: vscdn.s3.amazonaws.com  /  via: en.wikipedia.org

Rep. Allen West: Removed an incident in which he called members of the Progressive Caucus "Communists."

Rep. Allen West: Removed an incident in which he called members of the Progressive Caucus "Communists."

Source: images.politico.com  /  via: en.wikipedia.org

Rep. Bennie Thompson: Removed Thompson's entire "Controversies" section.

Rep. Bennie Thompson: Removed Thompson's entire "Controversies" section.

Source: bet.com  /  via: en.wikipedia.org

Rep. Grace Napolitano: Added information noting that a controversial loan she made to her campaign, which was being repaid with interest, had been completely repaid.

Rep. Grace Napolitano: Added information noting that a controversial loan she made to her campaign, which was being repaid with interest, had been completely repaid.

Source: cdn-media.nationaljournal.com  /  via: en.wikipedia.org


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