Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) made an embarrassing flub with his statement that paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday aged 100.
The Donald Trump-admiring Republican governor hailed Carter for his “selfless service to the American people” in a statement shared on social media.
But Abbott also said that he and his wife, Cecilia Abbott, send “our prayers and deepest condolences to First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the entire Carter family,” reported multiplemediaoutlets.
Former first lady Rosalyn Carter, though, died aged 96 in November 2023.
The statement was later revised to remove any mention of the late former first lady, reported the Houston Press.
See an archived version of the statement here and the amended one below:
As one social media user quipped, “the internet doesn’t forget.”
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