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Eva Longoria Under Fire for Retweet
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Actress and Obama campaign co-chair Eva Longoria under fire for retweet.
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- Date Oct 18, 2012
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My Twitter feed is lighting up over -- that last segment were taken your thoughts follow -- out on Twitter at Megyn Kelly and speaking of Twitter.
-- less than three weeks now until Election Day an actress and Obama campaign co chair Eva Longoria touching off a major controversy.
With a -- recent post on Twitter the online site where you can communicate with folks -- 140 characters or less.
She apparently -- tweeted a message from one or -- or someone sent to her that she senator on everybody.
It says women and minorities who plan to vote for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have to be quote stupid.
And that's about the nicest thing that was in the tweets.
It goes from there Trace Gallagher pics of the story live in -- -- And meg even Longoria is a vital part of the presidents ever to reach out to Hispanic -- she has more than two million Twitter followers and the exact quote of what she re -- is as follows.
I have no idea why any woman minority can vote for Romney you have to be stupid to vote for such a racist.
Misogynist -- award that starts with team.
And rhymes with -- now she quickly took an -- timeline but not before she offended both sides of the -- the progressive group Latino rebels called it vulgar.
The pro immigration Republican group cafe -- let -- says quoting here this even.
Longoria think 35%.
Of Latino voters who will likely vote for Mitt Romney are stupid.
We find this remark extremely offensive and demand an immediate apology well.
Instead of apologizing Longoria blamed it on Twitter.
Saying quote if anyone else's Twitter bugging out there are things in my timeline I didn't re -- today -- standing by trying to fix somebody responded saying.
Yes it's been acting up for about three hours now she responds by saying.
I know it.
Well it might have been the same -- -- -- literature read tweaked a prison rape joke during the vice presidential debate that we put forward she said quote again.
Biden is making Paul Ryan -- -- prison starts with -- big it rhymes oddly enough with glitch.
Now finally Longoria decided if she's not going to apologize she might as well kiss up a little bit.
Sending out this week for the record I have never personally called any conservative woman's stupid I think you are all beautiful and strong.
And Smart.
Happens all the time write your Twitter account just -- stuff out.
It's the Anthony -- defense.
Writes this it can't anywhere they want them I don't happened how that wind up history and again.
And he came clean.
-- thank you fear but this is not the end of that story for the Obama -- -- co chair.
-- she need to go on the record about the.