Rep. Ruben Gallego Ruben GallegoHispanic caucus report takes stock of accomplishments with eye toward 2021 Senators call on Pentagon to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes newspaper Hispanic Caucus campaign chief to mount leadership bid MORE (D-Ariz.) shot back at President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s calls for a Washington Post reporter to be fired over a misleading tweet about Trump’s rally, saying Trump didn’t fire his chief of staff for making an inaccurate statement about a Democratic lawmaker.

“Your Chief of Staff lied about @RepWilson when are you going to fire him?” Gallego tweeted Saturday.

Your Chief of Staff lied about @RepWilson when are you going to fire him? https://t.co/S309aquJPc — Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) December 9, 2017

The lawmaker was referring to John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE claiming that Rep. Frederica Wilson Frederica Patricia WilsonHarris calls it 'outrageous' Trump downplayed coronavirus House passes bill establishing commission to study racial disparities affecting Black men, boys Florida county official apologizes for social media post invoking Hitler MORE (D-Fla.) had taken credit for securing funding for an FBI building, despite a video showing that Wilson hadn’t taken credit for the funds.

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Kelly made the comments against Wilson after she shared details of a phone call between Trump and the widow of a fallen soldier.

Gallego’s tweet was in response to Trump’s attacks on Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel over a tweet Weigel posted that showed empty seats at a Trump rally Friday night.

However, the photo was from before the rally began and there was a large crowd at the event.

Trump first demanded that Weigel apologize for the tweet.

The reporter apologized almost immediately after Trump’s demand and noted that he had deleted the tweet after another reporter had pointed out that it was inaccurate.

Trump then called for Weigel to be fired after the apology.

.@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo! pic.twitter.com/XAblFGh1ob — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2017

Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko told me I'd gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner. https://t.co/fQY7GMNSaD — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 9, 2017