An official with the Republican Party of Minnesota found himself in hot water Tuesday for using the death of movie star Robin Williams to boost the candidacy of a Republican candidate for governor in Minnesota.

My cat's nickname is Nanu Nanu. The world is lucky Robin Williams was able to share his genius with so many.

My cat's nickname is Nanu Nanu. The world is lucky Robin Williams was able to share his genius with so many.

Ellen Anderson, Director of Digital Media and Social Organizing with the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL), tweeted this on Monday night about the death of Robin Williams:

The tweet appears to have since been deleted.

To which Chris Fields, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota, responded with the following:

But the tweets didn't stop there for Fields, who previously ran for Congress against Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison.

Responding to people who took offense at his tweet, he accused some of having "pretend grief."

"The Dr who contracted Ebola while trying to help poor children suffered a tragedy. This ain't that," he added.

The rest of his tweets follow the same line. BuzzFeed reached out to Fields for comment.