KitchenAid’s senior director of marketing tweeted an apology to President Obama. KitchenAid sorry for Obama tweet

KitchenAid apologized Wednesday night for a tweet mocking President Barack Obama during the debate.

“Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad!” read a now-deleted tweet from the company’s account, @KitchenAidUSA. “She died 3 days b4 he became president”


The message referred to Obama’s mention during the debate with Mitt Romney about his grandmother’s death three days before the 2008 election.

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“I would like to personally apologize to President @BarackObama, his family and everyone on Twitter for the offensive tweet sent earlier,” KitchenAid’s senior director of marketing, Cynthia Soledad, wrote in a series of Tweets. “It was carelessly sent in error by a member of our Twitter team who, needless to say, won’t be tweeting for us anymore.”

In a statement, Soledad told CNN a staff member mistakenly sent the message from the KitchenAid account instead of their personal account.

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