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Republicans light cigars, cigarettes on burning photos of Khamenei to show support for Iranian protesters

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Republican lawmakers are jumping on a social media trend to show their support for the anti-regime protesters in Iran.Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., posted photos of themselves using burning photos of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to light up a cigarette and a cigar, respectively. Both lawmakers used the caption "Smoke 'em if you got 'em."The lawmaker's images mirror a social media trend in which people are using burning photos of Khamenei to light cigarettes and cigars. The trend emerged as the people of Iran hold increasingly intense protests against the Islamic regime....

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