Following the Republican Nationwide Committee’s announcement of a boycott of MSNBC in response to a tweet that steered “the rightwing” would “hate” a business featuring a bi-racial couple, the community’s president Phil Griffin issued an apology.

The Cycle host Ari Melber read the remark on-air this afternoon:

“The tweet closing night was once outrageous and unacceptable. We instantly recounted it used to be offensive and unsuitable, apologized and deleted it. now We have disregarded the particular person accountable for the tweet. I for my part make an apology to Mr. Priebus and to everyone offended. At MSNBC, we consider in passionate, sturdy debate in regards to the issues, and we invite voices from either side to take part. With a purpose to by no means exchange. Signed, Phil Griffin.”

The original tweet read:

A few hours later, after public outcry, the community posted an apology tweet after which a deletion:

Prior, this account tweeted an offensive line about the new Cheerios ad. We deeply remorseful about it. It does now not replicate the position of msnbc.

— msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014

We’re deleting the earlier offensive tweet. It does now not replicate msnbc's position and we ask for forgiveness.

— msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014

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