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Mike Pence is Watch Selina's Gold Onlinehere to support Israel, so he's...throwing up that Nicaraguan flag?

As the veep began his speech for the Republican Jewish Coalition on Friday, the @VP social media team decided to reiterate his pro-Israel stance by tweeting out its flag.

Unfortunately, they tweeted the Nicaraguan flag instead: not once, but twice.

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As much as we'd like to find a "to be fair" caveat here, there really isn't one. The flags both have blue stripes, we guess, but let's face it: They just aren't thatsimilar.

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Still fooled by those little emoji? Okay. Here is the Israeli flag.

Look at that star. Credit: ShutterStock

Here's the Nicaraguan flag.

No star here. Instead, a triangle! Credit: Shutterstock

And although the Twitter gaffe was deleted quickly, people online still noticed, because, well, of course they did.

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Moral of this harrowing tale: look before you emoji, friends. Especially if you're repping the Vice President of the United States of America.

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