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
— 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
https://twitter.com/AdultRaverProbs/status/707303171698196480
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
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