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EDMONTON – Edmonton Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte apologized Tuesday after a picture he posted on Twitter generated a lot of criticism on social media.

The tweet by the Conservative MP, which was posted Monday afternoon, reads: “Update. Play along during QP today. Thanks @KellyMcCauleyMP for this HOC version of Liberal Bingo. #cdnpoli #yeg”

McCauley is also a Conservative MP who represents Edmonton West.

The picture then shows a Bingo-like card titled “Liberal Buzz Word Bingo” with words such as “Syrians”, “Indigenous”, “consulting” and “First Nations”.

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A tweet posted by Kerry Diotte. Courtesy/Twitter

Many people responded to Diotte’s tweet with comments such as “Really? Indigenous is a “buzz word”? Disgusting. #racism #colonization”, “Wish you were working hard to represent #Griesbach instead! What have you done for us lately? #embarrassing” and “Very professional. This kind of attitude is why CPC is out of power, and will be for a long time.”

@KerryDiotte Start here. Read through tweets that follow. SYRIANS ARE NOT A BINGO SQUARE. Have some goddamn sense. https://t.co/Ihw3aNi6jV — Ryan Wright (@ryanwright) February 23, 2016

. @KerryDiotte glad to see you hard at work for my neighbourhood. #embarrassedbymymp — Tilia cordata (@linden_c) February 23, 2016

@KerryDiotte This is disgusting and disrespectful by you and @KellyMcCauleyMP The #CPC continues their campaign of ignorance. — Rob Armstrong (@RobVArmstrong) February 22, 2016

@KerryDiotte @KellyMcCauleyMP must be nice to have a job where you get to “play”. @RonaAmbrose, is anyone supervising these children? — timbulger (@timbulger) February 23, 2016

I’m not the only citizen who is disturbed representatives are playing word games instead of debating ideas.@KerryDiotte @KellyMcCauleyMP — Martin Badke, CJL (@lauxmyth) February 23, 2016

@KerryDiotte @KellyMcCauleyMP is there anyone actually impressed by this? You’re a petty and childish embarrassment. — Dan Brothers (@brotherdan87) February 22, 2016

@KerryDiotte @KellyMcCauleyMP I might expect this of a 12-year-old, not an elected MP. Actually, most 12y/os I know know better than this. — Erin Craig (@ErinCraig11) February 23, 2016

Diotte’s tweet was deleted on Tuesday morning. Global News reached out to Diotte late Monday night for a comment but didn’t hear back.

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On Tuesday morning, Diotte tweeted an apology, saying some of the tweets he sent Monday were juvenile.

I apologize for some tweets I made yesterday. They were juvenile. I'm very sorry I offended people with them. #YEG #cdnpoli — KerryDiotte (@KerryDiotte) February 23, 2016

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published on Feb. 22 and was updated with Diotte’s apology tweet on Feb. 23.