AUSTIN -- Texas Governor Rick Perry found himself facing a Twitter mishap Sunday night.
The official @GovernorPerry account sent out a tweet around 7:20 p.m. with a photo-shopped image of Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg.
The tweet said, "I don't always drive drunk at 3 times the legal blood alcohol limit, but when I do I indict Governor Perry for calling me out about it. I am the most drunk democrat in Texas."
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The tweet was deleted shortly after it was posted.
At 8:20 p.m, a new tweet went out from Gov. Perry's account.
"A tweet just went out from my account that was unauthorized. I do not condone the tweet and I have taken it down," tweeted Gov. Perry.
No further information has been released on how exactly the first tweet got sent out.
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