The Pentagon mistakenly retweeted a tweet calling for Trump to resign
The Pentagon accidentally retweeted an activist’s tweet calling for President Donald Trump to resign. And yes, we mean that literally.
The tweet from @ProudResister — because of course — said Trump should leave the White House due to sexual assault allegations against him, like those facing Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota.
The Defense Department’s Twitter account retweeted @ProudResister’s salvo but then almost immediately deleted it.
Col. Rob Manning, a top Pentagon spokesperson, tried to defend the mix-up by blaming it on “an authorized operator.”
“An authorized operator of the Department of Defense's official Twitter site erroneously retweeted content that would not be endorsed by the Department of Defense,” he said. “The operator caught this error and immediately deleted it.”
https://www.vox.com/2017/11/16/16667292/trump-pentagon-twitter-north-korea
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