‘What a jackass’: US Under Secretary of State apologizes after tweeting ‘United For Gaza’ hashtag

Deputy of @JohnKerry & Time's veteran Rick @stengel tweeted #UnitedForGaza in apparent goof(the tweet is still there) pic.twitter.com/K2I8ElJtTE

— Sadegh Ghorbani (@GhorbaniSadegh) July 20, 2014

. @stengel "My bad." That's something a 12 yr old would say. Shameful that you represent this country. #obama #tcot

— Rachel Ward (@RachelWard301) July 20, 2014

@stengel He says "my bad" like we are chillin on the corner.

— SweetDaddy בורנשתין (@JABornstein) July 20, 2014

@stengel @StateDept Wow, cat's out of the bag, eh? Thousands of screen captures, no doubt. (Go back to Time) pic.twitter.com/k9CcLX6MQ8

— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) July 20, 2014

@RightGlockMom @ullikemike @stengel @StateDept #WhatAJackass

— Tom Thurman (@Tommm1954) July 20, 2014

@stengel Not only bad sloppy. Check usage of 'it's'. You progs are pathetic. #Dems #propagandists

— KayBDay (@DayontheDay) July 20, 2014

@stengel whatever #Dude….. perhaps you State Department hacks should not play beer pong & tweet. #ProTip

— penelope210 (@penelopesire) July 20, 2014

“@stengel: Earlier tweet with wrong hashtag was a mistake. My bad.” How does one make such a mistake? Pro Hamas bias!

— Curtis Schroder (@CurtisSchroder) July 20, 2014