By Dartunorro Clark | NBC News
Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell.Blair
Gable / Reuters file
Campbell, the first and only female prime
minister of Canada, was excoriated online for her remark.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell apologized
Friday for posting a tweet "rooting" for Hurricane Dorian to hit
President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort as the storm barrels toward the
Florida coast.
"I have deleted my tweet about the hurricane & Mar a Lago and sincerely apologize to all it offended," Campbell said in a tweet. "It was intended as sarcasm-not a serious wish of harm. Throwaway lines get a life of their own on Twitter. I sh[oul]d know better. Mea culpa."
"I have deleted my tweet about the hurricane & Mar a Lago and sincerely apologize to all it offended," Campbell said in a tweet. "It was intended as sarcasm-not a serious wish of harm. Throwaway lines get a life of their own on Twitter. I sh[oul]d know better. Mea culpa."
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I have deleted my tweet
about the hurricane & Mar a Lago and sincerely apologize to all it
offended. It was intended as sarcasm-not a serious wish of harm. Throwaway
lines get a life of their own on Twitter. I shd know better. Mea culpa.
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On Wednesday, as it became clearer the storm could track
toward Florida, Campbell tweeted: "I'm rooting for a direct hit on Mar a
Lago."
Campbell, who served as first and only female prime
minister in Canada for less than five months in 1993, was excoriated online for
her remark, which some characterized as insensitive.
Eric Trump, the president's son, called
Campbell "classless" in a tweet Friday morning.
"Our family is rooting for the safety of millions of
homes, businesses, families and wonderful people in a great State of Florida. #Classless,"
he wrote.
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Our family is rooting
for the safety of millions of homes, businesses, families and wonderful people
in a great State of Florida. #Classless Former
Canadian prime minister roots for Dorian to hit Mar-a-Lago https://nypost.com/2019/08/30/former-canadian-prime-minister-roots-for-dorian-to-hit-trumps-mar-a-lago/ …
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Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and ally
of the president, called her joke "sick & twisted,"
pointing out that workers at the club could be hurt by the hurricane if it
crosses that way.
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Sick & twisted-fmr
Canadian PM wishes hurricane to hit Mar-A-Lago. @realDonaldTrump won't be there
to get hurt, but many ppl, including service workers, families, etc would be
hurt and property destroyed. Are liberals this hateful? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/30/ex-canadian-prime-minister-roots-dorian-hit-trump-mar-lago/2161886001/ …
Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim
Campbell 'rooting' for Hurricane Dorian to hit Trump's Mar-a-Lago
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The National Hurricane Center placed the 126-room
Mar-a-Lago mansion and grounds — built by cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather
Post in Palm Beach, Florida, in the 1920s — in the path of Dorian.
Dorian strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane Friday
evening, the hurricane center said. As the storm approaches Florida
on Sunday and Monday, it is expected to slow down and increase in size.
Dorian could be the first Category 4 or higher hurricane to make landfall on Florida's east coast since 1992, when Hurricane Andrew was blamed for 44 deaths in the state. Anything at Category 3 or above is considered a major hurricane.
Earlier this year, Campbell was also criticized for
calling Trump an expletive in a tweet and for suggesting he was mentally ill.
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Nor should the
Presidency!
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Clark is a political reporter for NBC News.