Another day, another Congressional Twitter controversy. An intern for Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican who believes “gay marriage is an oxymoron,” was fired after retweeting an unauthorized, pro-gay message on West’s official feed on Friday, Roll Call reports. The intern retweeted an anti-Tracy Morgan comment from the band Scissor Sisters (which has three openly gay members); by Friday afternoon the retweet had been removed and an apology posted in its place.
“Dear Tracy Morgan’s son: if you are gay, you can TOTALLY come live with me. We’ll read James Baldwin & watch Paris is Burning. xxANA,” read the retweet. Friday’s response, which has also since been deleted: “Very sorry about the unauthorized RT. We were not hacked, an intern made an error. Apologies to all.” Apparently all this happened while West’s staff was on a retreat in Fort Lauderdale, leaving the interns to run the office.
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