The tweet cited a verse of Galatians from the New Testament, saying “Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
Patrick, who has been criticized by the LGBT community for promoting laws against transgender bathrooms, has since deleted the tweet, which went live at 7 am Sunday morning.
But many Twitter user reproduced the original tweet while delivering a reproach to Patrick:
You deleted this disgusting tweet @DanPatrick now #deleteyouraccount & resign. You don't represent America pic.twitter.com/MM07jxkkEY— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) June 12, 2016
A Patrick spokesman has since posted a statement regretting the “unfortunate timing of the tweets,” and urging readers to “be assured that the post was not done in response to last night’s tragedy. The post was designed and scheduled last Thursday.”You deleted this disgusting tweet @DanPatrick now #deleteyouraccount & resign. You don't represent America pic.twitter.com/MM07jxkkEY— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) June 12, 2016
The statement urged “everyone to join us in praying for the people of Orlando in this awful time” but did make any reference to the LGBT community, or to the gay nightclub where the massacre took place.
Some people on Twitter appeared to agree that Patrick’s tweet was not tied to the nightclub tragedy.
that Dan Patrick tweet looks scheduled to me. looking thru his media, his account tweets Bible verse images every Sunday morning— shrillary tintin (@theshrillest) June 12, 2016
A review of Patrick’s past tweets confirms that the account does post a biblical quote every Sunday.
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