https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/793558075810713600
Welp, kids, file this one under “Not Helpful”:
https://twitter.com/ewaltersTX/status/793551136242274306
This is the deleted tweet from @MillerForTexas. pic.twitter.com/BKZeYOR2xr
— Just Another Mike Wilson (@mWilstory) November 1, 2016
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller posts tweet calling Hillary Clinton a "cunt"; tweet now deleted pic.twitter.com/jvd7y4uuLD
— BNO News (@BNONews) November 1, 2016
In which @MillerForTexas calls @HillaryClinton the c-word. He's since deleted the tweet #txlege #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/mXnEMIMDqV
— Joshua Fechter ? (@JFreports) November 1, 2016
Hey @MillerForTexas, you dropped this. pic.twitter.com/5kY12fYBBD
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 1, 2016
How does one defend something like this? Here’s one option:
UPDATE: Spokesman for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller claims his account may have been hacked, says they are investigating – MySA
— BNO News (@BNONews) November 1, 2016
Some people seem … skeptical:
https://twitter.com/drumjeffpdx/status/793558655639572480
@ericheggie yeah right
— Liberal Panic Attack (@Citizen_Chad) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/drumjeffpdx/status/793558655639572480
In any event, this election seriously can’t end soon enough.
@JeffersonObama Whoa! Is this real?
— Cheez Whiz Khalifa (@Silver_Jesus_) November 1, 2016
whatthefuck
— Lindsey Ledford (@deborahlindseyl) November 1, 2016
@eramshaw Had to have been meant for a DM. No pol is that stupid.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) November 1, 2016
Is that real??? Wut
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) November 1, 2016
Good God! WTH is wrong w/ ppl? I'm no HRC fan, but this isn't helpful in educating ppl.
— Reggan Koop (@RegganKoop) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/Thomasismyuncle/status/793563458319024128
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Update:
https://twitter.com/AndrewKirell/status/793567307226284036
Shortly after nixing the tweet, Miller claimed his account had been breached: “@MillerForTexas HAS BEEN HACKED. The disgusting re-tweet has been removed and we have changed all account passwords. Be advised.”
Miller’s own office, however, later contradicted the commissioner, altogether abandoning the “hacked” defense with this statement: “The campaign was retweeting information today and inadvertently retweeted a tweet that they were not aware contained a derogatory term. The tweet was taken down as soon as possible. Commissioner Miller finds the term vulgar and offensive and apologizes to anyone who may have seen it.” The offending tweet, however, was not an actual retweet—and so, if this excuse is to be believed, a staffer was copying-and-pasting from another Twitter user’s account.
Ooooooof.
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Update:
It appears Sid Miller has deleted his tweet saying his Twitter account has been hacked. Here's the screenshot: pic.twitter.com/EpCTcscCog
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) November 1, 2016
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Update:
JUST IN — Greg Abbott on Sid Miller: "The language is reprehensible & is an embarrassment. No true Texas gentleman would ever talk this way"
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) November 1, 2016
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