The Pentagon said Thursday that a retweet from its official Twitter account calling for President Trump to resign was done in error.
The tweet posted by someone with the Twitter handle @ProudResister reads, “The solution is simple. Roy Moore: Step down from the race. Al Franken: Resign from congress. Donald Trump: Resign from the presidency. GOP: Stop making sexual assault a partisan issue. It’s a crime as is your hypocrisy.”
The solution is simple…
— PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) November 16, 2017
Roy Moore: Step down from the race.
Al Franken: Resign from congress.
Donald Trump: Resign from the presidency.
GOP: Stop making sexual assault a partisan issue. It’s a crime as is your hypocrisy.
The Department of Defense’s verified Twitter account on Thursday briefly retweeted the message to its 5.23 million followers before deleting it. Without mentioning the content of the original tweet, Pentagon press secretary Dana White said the matter had been resolved.
“An authorized operator of the @DeptofDefense’s official Twitter site erroneously retweeted content that would not be endorsed by the Department of Defense,” she tweeted. “The operator caught this error and immediately deleted it.
An authorized operator of the @DeptofDefense’s official Twitter site erroneously retweeted content that would not be endorsed by the Department of Defense. The operator caught this error and immediately deleted it.
— Dana W. White - DoD (@ChiefPentSpox) November 16, 2017
When PROUD RESISTER 👊 calls for the President of the United States to resign and the Pentagon retweets it! #RESIST https://t.co/xrqUvBIPSY
— PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) November 16, 2017
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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