A Romanian politician is to be thrown out of his party for sharing a photo of porn star Mia Khalifa claiming she was a poor local student who “studied by candlelight” to got top marks in her exams.
Ionel Isac Tudorache, a member of the Romanian Social Democratic Party and councillor of the town of Campia Turzii in the north-western Romanian county of Cluj, made the blunder in a social media post.
He accompanied a photo of Lebanese-American influencer Mia Khalifa, 27, who is best known for her explosion on the US porn scene from 2014 to 2015, with a praising message after being taken in by a fake news message saying she was a Romanian student.
Tudorache wrote: “This is Alexandra Timofte, a pupil from Romania who studied by candlelight and graduated with a 10.”
He ironically added: “But we promote trashy fake models instead. Good job Alexandra. God help you always. God be with you.”
After posting the photo of Khalifa, netizens pointed out the politician’s blunder, and the post was later deleted.
In response, the Social Democratic Party has reportedly announced that Tudorache will be expelled from the party.
The party said in a statement: “PSD Campia Turzii does not support the post by local councillor Ionel Isac Tudorache and we apologise for his mistake.
“As this is not the first mistake of this kind, we inform you that we will start procedures to remove him from the party and withdraw political support for the Campia Turzii Council.”
Mia Khalifa 
Mia Khalifa
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