A federal judge struck down Texas’ ban on gay marriage today. Dan Patrick, a GOP Texas state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor who is for traditional “one man, one woman” marriage, had a whale of a typo in a now deleted tweet:
When Dan Patrick has a twitter typo, he has one heck of a twitter typo. pic.twitter.com/1gRwqKqNGP
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) February 26, 2014
ICYMI @DanPatrick's "MARRIAGE= ONE MAN & ONE MAN" tweet before it was deleted RT @amanbatheja: Preserved for history. pic.twitter.com/I08kbh4L6p
— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) February 26, 2014
“Marriage = one man & one man.”
Dan Patrick’s campaign responded to the mis-tweet this way:
oops! #twittertypo. We have a new job opening on our campaign: social media intern. Send resume to contact (at) http://t.co/8rERPM4IXE
— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) February 26, 2014
Take two:
I want to re-emphasize my long held position: Marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. Period. Join us : http://t.co/8rERPM4IXE
— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) February 26, 2014
(h/t LA Times)
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