Seems as if nobody Mulcairs that it’s not Trudeau.
People around the world are being fooled by a satirical article claiming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kissed a fellow male politician to support LGBT people after the Orlando shootings.
The photoshopped image shows Trudeau kissing NDP leader Tom Mulcair. The story's headline declares that the two are "united against homophobia."
The article was published on JournalDeMourreal.com, a satirical Quebec website whose name is a play on Le Journal de Montreal, a real French-language newspaper.
"After an event like this, we had to do something," it (falsely!) quotes Trudeau as saying in French. "I approached Tom to see what he thought, but I didn't expect him to be so enthusiastic."
The fake story has so far received over 20,000 likes, shares and comments on Facebook, and is spreading in French-speaking countries. This Tunisian man suggested his head of government should do the same.
Kaar Kaas Sonn is a Chadian singer and author based in France. He shared it with his nearly 45,000 fans on Facebook.
The fake photo was also tweeted by the mayor of a borough in Paris. "When the prime minister of Canada kisses the leader of the opposition to symbolize universal sexual freedom after Orlando," he wrote.
