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Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman is firing back after photos went viral appearing to show him viewing explicit images on a tablet while aboard a flight — prompting swift online backlash.

Images posted to X on Friday appeared to show the California congressman, 71, staring at a tablet with his mouth agape while scrolling through photos of women in their underwear.

"Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?" one X post read.

The post had amassed 12.4 million views as of Saturday evening.

Sherman denied the allegations, with a spokesperson for the congressman telling Fox News Digital that the pictures appeared because of his X — formerly Twitter — alg

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