“It’s a mess because we’re a good county. I have great constituents,” said Alvarez, 64. “I get along with everybody, and I represent everyone, but it was my mistake, and that’s the way it is.”

The county supervisor, a Republican whose Twitter account describes him as a “proud conservative Cuban-American,” said he does not know how his tweet ultimately got deleted, adding that some users reported it to Twitter.

Goochland Sheriff James Agnew said Wednesday that he hadn’t read the tweet and was not aware of complaints being made to his department about it. Agnew said Alvarez had called him Wednesday to give the sheriff a heads-up about the controversy.

A screen grab showed the county board member posted the now-deleted tweet in response to a tweet that said Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., had been assaulted by demonstrators pushing their way into his congressional office.

Harris’ congressional office said he suffered a bruised wrist as protesters demonstrating in favor of using marijuana to fight opioid addiction tried to push through a door of his office, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. Capitol Police told the AP two people were arrested during the protest and charged with possession and consumption of marijuana in a public space.