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FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has condemned the Republican state senator from North Dakota who posted a long-debunked photo on his Facebook page that purports to show the Minnesota Democrat holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp. Larsen has since removed the photo, which has been debunked by several sources since it appeared on social media over the summer. Omar calls the post &quot;pure propaganda designed to stir up hate and violence.&quot;(AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Tom Stromme File)

North Dakota Democrats urge resignation over fake Omar photo

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FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has condemned the Republican state senator from North Dakota who posted a long-debunked photo on his Facebook page that purports to show the Minnesota Democrat holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp. Larsen has since removed the photo, which has been debunked by several sources since it appeared on social media over the summer. Omar calls the post &quot;pure propaganda designed to stir up hate and violence.&quot;(AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Tom Stromme File)

Lawmaker apologizes for fake Omar photo, but not to Omar

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has condemned the Republican state senator from North Dakota who posted a long-debunked photo on his Facebook page that purports to show the Minnesota Democrat holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp. Larsen has since removed the photo, which has been debunked by several sources since it appeared on social media over the summer. Omar calls the post &quot;pure propaganda designed to stir up hate and violence.&quot;(AP Photo/The Bismarck Tribune, Tom Stromme File)

The Latest: Lawmaker won’t apologize to Omar over fake photo

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Larsen elected as the Senate’s new president pro tempore.

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