A Democratic congressman was photographed looking at sexually explicit images on his iPad while on a commercial flight, drawing immediate backlash from passengers and millions of social media users. California Rep. Brad Sherman, 71, was seen in photos circulating online appearing to view images of scantily clad women in suggestive poses while seated on the plane.

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An X user who first posted the pictures wrote, “Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?”

The user added, “His district deserves better representation than this!!”The post included three photos of Sherman with his mouth open as he stared at the content on his screen.Hours later, Sherman acknowledged that he had been looking at the images but insisted he was scrolling through his feed and not intentionally searching for explicit material.

“If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah,” Sherman said in an interview with Punchbowl News.