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"Fox & Friends" Host Steve Doocy Falsely Identifies Barack Obama At Polling Place, Says Of Black Man: "There He Is!"

"Fox & Friends" Host Steve Doocy Falsely Identifies Barack Obama At Polling Place, Says Of Black Man: "There He Is!"
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"Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy falsely identified Barack Obama while waiting for the Democratic nominee to emerge at his polling place in Chicago Tuesday morning.

"There he is, he just walked in," Doocy said, as the image of a casually dressed, random black man appeared across the screen. "That's a picture, the back of his head, into the gymnasium to cast his vote. I think we know who he's gonna be voting for."

Co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson immediately expressed skepticism that it was indeed Obama, and moments later Carlson announced that Obama had just pulled up to the polling location.

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