Donald Trump Deletes Tweet Dissing Iowa Voters, Blames It On An Intern

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GOP front-runner Donald Trump deleted a retweet dissing early voters in Iowa Thursday, a rarity for the active Twitter user.

Trump took to Twitter to say a “young intern” accidentally “did a Retweet” and has apologized.

Trump had quote-retweeted a tweet linking his recent drop in Iowa polls to the state’s genetically modified corn. The tweet speculated that Iowa voters had “issues in the brain.”

Trump deleted the tweet, but TPM captured a screenshot:

It was a rare move for the ex-reality TV star, who’s an active user of Twitter and Instagram. Trump has often taken heat for his bluntness online, but some of his most off-color tweets, which are often resurfaced by his opponents and the media, largely remain live.

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  1. And he used the biggest, classiest, most luxurious spoon ever to remove that pee from the swimming pool of the Internet. It was hyouuuge.

  2. No, no, no. You need to work on your excuse making. It’s not the INTERN you blame. It’s the DEAD GUY.

    Unless it was a dead intern.

    In that case all you get is your own talk show.

  3. Why do you allow anyone to have access to your Twatter account, Drumpf?

  4. Ask Joe Scarborough about that one.

  5. Trump is busted, I really think he will self destruct if he keeps a twitter account and keeps opening his mouth.

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