Nick Muzin, a senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz, is getting lots of attention on social media tonight for this tweet he sent out connecting Obamacare and Ebola:

Sen. Ted Cruz's deputy chief of staff already deleted this tweet about Ebola. pic.twitter.com/woUHl9WIcV — Matthew Reichbach (@fbihop) October 24, 2014

The tweet, whether it was intended seriously or as a joke, brought on lots of mockery:

Is @SenTedCruz/@nickmuzin embarrassed by deleted tweet blaming Obamacare for US Ebola cases? Or just worried about blowback? I bet latter. — Seth Mnookin (@sethmnookin) October 24, 2014

Before Obamacare, we’d never had the iPhone 6+ @nickmuzin — Hugh C. McBride (@hughcmcbride) October 24, 2014

Before Obamacare I had never turned 39 before wow Obama thanks for making me older you dick — Jesse Burn It Down (@jesseberney) October 24, 2014

Before Obamacare, I never got a paper cut. IMPEACH! — Taj Magruder (@TajMagruder) October 24, 2014

A take so hot it has Ebola RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Deleted tweet from Cruz deputy chief of staff: http://t.co/7bbxrqlyXK — Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) October 24, 2014

There was never a case of ebola in the US, until Ted Cruz was elected into the Senate — Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) October 24, 2014

UPDATE –– 10:29 p.m.: Muzin tweeted it was a joke:

Earlier tweet was a bad joke, my sarcasm did not translate well online. Deleted. — Nick Muzin (@nickmuzin) October 24, 2014

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