A British GQ writer pondered on Twitter if President Obama could "murder [Donald] Trump and [Mike] Pence" and then pardon himself.

The tweet from Rupert Myers, whose describes himself on Twitter as a political correspondent for British GQ, has since been deleted. It was first reported by The Daily Wire.

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Myers didn't apologize for the Wednesday post, instead stating he was joking.

LOL guys it's really not that slow a news day. I was just wondering if the president could pardon himself pic.twitter.com/i6GNmaB9c3 — Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) January 11, 2017

I'm in the middle of a small tweetstorm being attacked by truly daft & entirely humourless Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/2I2jXnMWkh — Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) January 11, 2017

The Hill has reached out to British GQ for comment.