Today, Donald Trump went golfing for the 12th time in the nine weeks he has been president. That’s not really a big deal, of course. Presidents can golf! Considering that he is now golfing more than any of his predecessors did and routinely lambasted Barack Obama for golfing, though, he’s getting a lot of heat for the hypocrisy.

The White House knows this, which is why they keep his golf outings quiet.

It is unclear what the president is doing there or if he plans to golf. No word yet from the WH to the pool. — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 25, 2017

Trump left his golf club after 4 ½ hours, about the amount of time it takes to play a round of golf. Pool was told “meetings,” no more info. https://t.co/uoLa4UvKKO — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 25, 2017

It’s pretty clear the WH is embarrassed that he golfs so much after criticizing Obama for it so they’re just trying to hide his golfing now — Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) March 25, 2017

After Instagram photos surfaced that showed Trump in cleats at his golf club, thus contradicting reports he was having “meetings,” Twitter went nuts.

Pool was told Trump was in meetings at Trump National this afternoon. This Instagram photo posted from the course says otherwise pic.twitter.com/WMudqofGmO — Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) March 25, 2017

Specifically, this old tweet from Sean Spicer started getting a lot of play.

Wish I could be on the golf course but have to work – must be nice to be President — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) July 29, 2012

Just a few days ago during a press conference, Spicer defended Trump’s right to “privacy” when asked about the president’s frequent golfing, so you can see why the tweet — sent during Obama’s time in office — is causing such a fuss.

Some notable reactions:

Oh hell no. This man actually tweeted this when Obama was President. Now, his President golfs more per week than any President in history. https://t.co/RAU4bij4UY — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 25, 2017

Spicer’s old tweets deserves their own awards show. https://t.co/5lTy3etff4 — 44ever (@theonlyadult) March 25, 2017

Pretty crazy how tweets never go away. https://t.co/IaoB0Qu26B — Fortune Feimster (@fortunefunny) March 25, 2017

Life comes at you fast. https://t.co/J7WmMMyi5O — John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) March 25, 2017

This isn’t Spicer first Twitter-related issue. He tweeted out what looked like a private message a few weeks ago and before that, sent out a tweet that seemed to contain a password of some sort.

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