Dive Summary:
- A tweet posted to KitchenAid's Twitter feed during Wednesday night’s presidential debate mocked President Barack Obama.
- KitchenAid says in Tweet that "Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! 'She died 3 days b4 he became president.”
- The tweet was taken down and KitchenAid released apology by the end of Wednesday night.
From the article:
Cynthia Soledad, KitchenAid's senior director of marketing, said in a statement to CNN: "During the debate tonight, a member of our Twitter team mistakenly posted an offensive tweet from the KitchenAid handle instead of a personal handle. The tasteless joke in no way represents our values at KitchenAid, and that person won't be tweeting for us anymore.”