Paging the P.R. department. P.R. department to the apology desk.
As Twitchy reported on Monday, pro football player Ty Nsekhe ignited a social media firestorm after he took to Twitter to bash soldiers. “It doesn’t take much skill to kill someone,” he tweeted in response to a tweet noting that football players earn more money than soldiers.
Nsekhe deleted his tweet and followed up by insisting his comments weren’t meant “to demean” members of the military.
https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382341291616387072
https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382341326714331136
Try again.
“@TY_Nsekhe: In no way were my comments meant to demean the members of our US armed forces.” Yes they were. pic.twitter.com/pWS7OTWvFD
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) September 24, 2013
Not only were they offensive you doubled down on them and went after @debostic for pointing them out. Apologize like a man. @TY_Nsekhe
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) September 24, 2013
You said them as encouragement? Stop lying RT “@TY_Nsekhe: In no way were my comments meant to demean the members of our US armed forces.”
— Okie (@OkieMuskogee33) September 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/blakendecker/status/382347614059917312
Missing from Nsekhe’s tweets? The word “sorry.”
You know what would be great @TY_Nsekhe ? A simple apology for your remarks.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 24, 2013
Your comments WERE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE! Your attempt to explain and obfuscate are even more suspect. Just APOLOGIZE. @TY_Nsekhe
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) September 24, 2013
This half-hearted retread if what I tweeted you earlier should be replaced by a retraction & apology to our troops! @TY_Nsekhe
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) September 24, 2013
@TY_Nsekhe Apologize to our heroic military and veterans. Your disrespect mirrors your cluelessness about what makes America great.
— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) September 24, 2013
@ChrisLoesch A sincere retraction/apology followed by a big, fat donation to a veterans' org. @TY_Nsekhe —> #PutYourMoneyWhereYourMouthIs
— GodGraceNGuns (@asideofbacon) September 24, 2013
@TY_Nsekhe know what a good apology would be? Donate your salary plus bonuses to a #veteran organization. @espn
— Justin Iiams (@justin_iiams) September 24, 2013
We’ll leave Ty with this:
@TY_Nsekhe As a retired 20 year disabled vet let me be the 1st to say "You're welcome" for the right to make an ass of yourself on here.#FOH
— MrThrowbackThursday ® (@THE_Mr_TBT) September 24, 2013