Tom Wright-Piersanti has apologized for several "offensive" tweets from a decade ago that have since been deleted.

The New York Times politics editor tweeted the apology on Thursday after messages he posted between 2008-2010 resurfaced.

"I have deleted tweets from a decade ago that are offensive. I am deeply sorry," Wright-Piersanti said.

I have deleted tweets from a decade ago that are offensive. I am deeply sorry. — Tom Wright-Piersanti (@tomwp) August 22, 2019

Wright-Piersanti was apparently referring to at least one tweet from 2010, in which he wished people a "HAPPY Jew Year."

“I was going to say 'Crappy Jew Year,' but one of my resolutions is to be less anti-Semitic. So… HAPPY Jew Year. You Jews," says one now-deleted tweet from 2010.

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Other tweets began circulating that many allege also contain offensive and racist statements. Some of these tweets are still live as of this writing.

There are four indian guys with mohawks in this one class, and each one is a douche in his own awful way. I hate mohawk Indians — Tom Wright-Piersanti (@tomwp) December 8, 2009

Two high-voiced indian guys keep calling each other "dawg" and they aren't doing it as a joke. Fuck THAT shit. — Tom Wright-Piersanti (@tomwp) November 24, 2009

Want to see dozens of Indian girls grind all over each other? Go to the Golden Rail Pub in New Brunswick, NJ — Tom Wright-Piersanti (@tomwp) December 5, 2008

"We are aware of these tweets, which are a clear violation of our standards. We are reviewing next steps," New York Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha told the Washington Examiner in a statement.

The fallout over Wright-Piersanti's old tweets comes after the New York Times demoted former deputy Washington editor Jonathan Weisman for "serious lapses in judgment" in sending recent tweets.

"Jonathan Weisman met with [New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet] today and apologized for his recent serious lapses in judgment. As a consequence of his actions, he has been demoted and will no longer be overseeing the team that covers Congress or be active on social media. We don't typically discuss personnel matters but we're doing so in this instance with Jonathan's knowledge," a representative of the paper said in an Aug. 13 statement.

In August 2018, the New York Times' Sarah Jeong was caught in a similar situation to Wright-Piersanti. Jeong, newly hired by the New York Times, was found to have tweeted such messages as "Dumbass f---ing white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants" as recent as 2014.

The New York Times took no action against Jeong, saying that she was "imitating the rhetoric of her harassers." The paper added that it does not condone Jeong's old tweets.