'OMG': NRSC couldn't delete this cringeworthy tweet about Tammy Duckworth fast enough [pic]

Oh dear … let’s just say this wasn’t the NRSC’s finest hour:

Taking a screenshot of this one. https://t.co/wmqilpDpf8

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 8, 2016

@Nate_Cohn and… it's gone

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 8, 2016

Gone, yes. But not quickly enough:

It lasted 10 minutes @BrendanNyhan pic.twitter.com/vqm7SSyGjD

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/707300258519367684

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/707300188575162368

Oof. Just … oof.

There's tone deaf, and then there's this. https://t.co/JfJb1nHftu

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/707300872082984960

Such a bad tweet on so many levels. https://t.co/Srd8OoyTBj

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) March 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/AlanKestrel750/status/707300345811173376

Dear @NRSC – Has Joe Biden hacked your Twitter account? Lordy.

— Susie Moore (@SmoosieQ) March 8, 2016

Bidenesque level of work by the NRSC here. Really solid. https://t.co/oieZYB7LvH

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) March 8, 2016

omg https://t.co/kcrUpRAL5x

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) March 8, 2016

Oh hey, look, @NRSC realized just how idiotic and offensive their tweet was. Thank goodness for screenshots! pic.twitter.com/StuADqOENB

— Sara Lang (@SaraLang) March 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/Ixcila/status/707298767024697345

I assume the NRSC is laying the groundwork for the Revolution of Stupid pending Trump's nomination.

— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) March 8, 2016

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Fuck me… https://t.co/rIxb4cPdhl

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 8, 2016

Way to go @NRSC .. way. to. go. pic.twitter.com/nV0ZeLlu6l

— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) March 8, 2016

The @NRSC took the coward's way out by stealth-deleting without an apology for poor taste. https://t.co/3Psuu3L1Ei

— Ross (@rw7010) March 8, 2016

@NRSC delete your account

— Joe Hines (@joephines) March 8, 2016

Already feeling bad for the @NRSC social media staffer who will never work again pic.twitter.com/WxC4pKJO75

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) March 8, 2016

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

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Update:

Here's @TammyforIL's campaign's response to the deleted NRSC tweet (pictured below): pic.twitter.com/T1YHYffBKg

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) March 8, 2016

And here is the NRSC's stmt RE: their deleted Tammy Duckworth tweet: pic.twitter.com/F8R7121FMR

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) March 8, 2016