Think Progress Justice Editor punches self in face over Trump naming Gov. Branstad as ambassador to China

Greg P. | 11:42 AM on December 07, 2016

The nice thing about prog rags like TP is you don't actually have to know anything to be employed. https://t.co/hDpy25Zs73

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 7, 2016

Think Progress Justice Editor Ian Millhiser was forced to delete a tweet Wednesday morning where he mocked Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, President-elect Trump’s pick for ambassador to China:

.@imillhiser weird, somebody disappeared your tweet… I suspect espionage agents from a small landlocked rural white state

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 7, 2016

Here’s a screenshot of the now disappeared hot-take:

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/806530280173555712

Maybe he deleted it because the current ambassador to China is from a small, rural landlocked state full of white people?

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/806528218211713024

Great point. Let's ask current Chinese Ambassador Max Baucus. https://t.co/xrYnn7qIBe

— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 7, 2016

Oh, but it gets worse for Millhiser as Gov. Branstad is actually perfect for the job. From the Des Moines Register:

The offer, announced during a fundraiser Wednesday morning, highlights Branstad’s decades-long “friendship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and years-long efforts to build strong economic and trade ties between the state of Iowa and the world’s most populous nation.