Donald Trump attended an Easter church service Sunday at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, an Episcopal church near his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach where he and Melania Trump were married in 2005.
He was there with his wife and his two youngest children, Tiffany and Barron Trump, before returning to Mar-a-Lago for brunch and an easter egg hunt.
President Trump attended Easter service w/ his family at the same church that @POTUS & @FLOTUS were married at in 2005. #HappyEaster pic.twitter.com/gTwDXWIaYG
— Corryn Mobley (@Corrynmb) April 16, 2017
However, people who were reading Matt McDermott’s Twitter feed were under the impression that Trump didn’t attend any church services, even though multiple outlets reported on his activity.
“The Obama’s spent every Easter attending church service,” McDermott tweeted in the wee hours of Sunday morning. “Trump hasn’t attended church once since his inauguration. Where’s the GOP outrage?”
The Obama’s spent every Easter attending church service. Trump hasn’t attended church once since his inauguration. Where’s the GOP outrage? pic.twitter.com/5zOBO616LM
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 16, 2017
Though the tweet was false, more than 32,000 people retweeted the message and another 65,000 favorited it. It had not been deleted as of Monday.
McDermott, a senior analyst at Whitman Insight Strategies who lives in New York, regularly criticizes the president and his administration on Twitter.
Trump last year: sons won’t advise me on policy matters once taking office
Today: Trump son answering policy questions on White House lawn https://t.co/fYdA06TmXo
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 17, 2017
This is kind of insane. https://t.co/uPiFSXEAoG
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 17, 2017
At Easter brunch with family and one thing is certain: story about Trumps’ inability to organize the Egg Roll clearly broke through. Yikes.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 16, 2017
‘President bypasses tax-return protest’
Trump is such a snowflake. pic.twitter.com/8fi3oH6AyC— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 16, 2017
It’s so easy being white: our black president had to face unrelenting attacks he was a Muslim, but now, ‘who cares’ about Trump’s religion! pic.twitter.com/NSk4bLhYSD
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 16, 2017
tfw you give up every ounce of your dignity to work for a fraud, but it’s easter pic.twitter.com/ig16qfwwhf
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 16, 2017