At least six politicians have now deleted tweets they sent about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
All of them sent tweets offering initial praise of Bergdahl’s release, only to later backtrack and pull the posts off the web. But thanks to Politwoops, a website from the Sunlight Foundation, the Internet never forgets.
They include four Republican members of Congress, one Democrat and the Republican state senator who won Iowa’s five-way Senate primary on Tuesday night. That’s two more than the four Mashable reported on Tuesday.
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Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
Cochran Bergdahl Tweet
Senator Thad Cochran, who is locked in a runoff with a tea party challenger in the Mississippi GOP primary, deleted a pro-Bergdahl tweet on Wednesday sent three days prior that welcomed the freed POW home from the clutches of the Taliban.
Senator Cochran tweeted, “Welcome home, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A grateful America thanks you for your service.”
It was pulled early Wednesday afternoon. In it’s place now stands a tweet with a link to a statement questioning the decision to negotiate for Bergdahl’s release.
“While we can appreciate Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s service before he went missing in Afghanistan and the prospect of his reunification with family and friends, […]