Twitter user @proudresister called for the resignation of two US politicians following allegations of sexual misconduct tweeting: “The solution is simple… Roy Moore: Step down from the race. Al Franken: Resign from Congress."
The Tweet also included: "Donald Trump: Resign from the presidency. GOP: Stop making sexual assault a partisan issue. It’s a crime as is your hypocrisy.”
The Pentagon's official Twitter account then appeared to retweet the comment to 5.2 million of its followers.
The retweet was quickly deleted.
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Pentagon Press Secretary Dana W. White confirmed the accidental retweet and said the Department of Defence did not support the activist's views.
"An authorized operator of the @DeptofDefense’s official Twitter site erroneously retweeted content that would not be endorsed by the Department of Defense. The operator caught this error and immediately deleted it," she wrote following the retweet.
The activist appeared proud of the Pentagon's Twitter error.
