Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) decided to turn âinwardâ with yoga to deal with the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday.
The congressman, in a now-deleted tweet, wrote that the Supreme Court decision mixed with the passage of a bipartisan gun safety bill led to âa moment of wildly conflicting emotionsâ and turned to his regular #AsanasWithAndy posts in which he shares yoga poses.
This time, however, he left Twitter users scratching their heads due to the timing of the tweet.
Levinâs press secretary Janae Washington, in a statement to HuffPost, wrote that the tweet was deleted in less than 60 minutes.
She added that a screenshot of the deleted tweet was shared by Jack Posobiec â described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a âfar-right commentatorâ who has collaborated with white supremacists and antisemites â to make âsure it stayed in the newsâ for his 1.8 million followers.
âWe realized quite immediately that the tweet was unhelpful in a moment of great distress and amid other missteps in reactions that day, deleted it in under an hour, and sought to course correct with a more inclusive post,â Washington wrote.
âWe hope we can move on from the far-rightâs attempt to distract us from the egregious assault on human rights that happened yesterday and focus on the work ahead. We will keep learning and keep fighting for justice.â
The tweet came on the same day as a number of other Democratic responses that people have questioned on social media.
Some expressed dismay and anger that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) quoted song lyrics in her response to the abortion decision.
And House Democrats sang âGod Bless Americaâ on the U.S. Capitol steps to celebrate the passage of a bipartisan gun safety bill as demonstrators spoke out and gathered outside the Supreme Court, Insider reported.