The New York Times apologized for a tweet sent Sunday about a story on new allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughTrump plans to pick Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on court Collins trails challenger by 4 points in Maine Senate race: poll SCOTUS confirmation in the last month of a close election? Ugly MORE, saying it was "clearly inappropriate and offensive,."

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The tweet, from the @nytopinion account, stated: “Having a penis thrust in your face at a drunken dorm party may seem like harmless fun. But when Brett Kavanaugh did it to her, Deborah Ramirez says, it confirmed that she didn't belong at Yale in the first place."

The tweet was immediately criticized by people who saw it online.

This is.... such a profound lapse in judgment and common sense. Sexual assault isn’t harmless fun. What the hell is going on at the NYT? pic.twitter.com/0XBtzGup4Y — roxane gay (@rgay) September 14, 2019

The Times said it was reviewing how the tweet came about.

"Also, a tweet that went out from the @NYTOpinion account yesterday was clearly inappropriate and offensive. We apologize for it and are reviewing the decision-making with those involved," it said in a statement on Twitter.

Also, a tweet that went out from the @NYTOpinion account yesterday was clearly inappropriate and offensive. We apologize for it and are reviewing the decision-making with those involved. — NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) September 15, 2019

The Times on Sunday night also issued a correction to the Kavanaugh story about a separate woman involved in an alleged incident with Kavanaugh at Yale that the paper reported in the same story about Ramirez, noting that the unnamed woman said she does not recall the incident. Ramirez stands by her allegations, which Kavanaugh has denied.

-Updated 12:10 p.m.