RGA executive director Nick Ayers was having some fun at the expense of Democrats this morning on Twitter, in the wake of two Democratic candidates dropping out of their races yesterday. He went on to imagine some conversations that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would be having with other embattled incumbent governors, and made this joke about New York Gov. David Paterson:

@nick_ayers Rahm: "Gov Paterson you should accept the ambassadorship to New Zealand. Its beautiful there. Have you not seen it?...oh, right, sorry."

Paterson, of course, is legally blind. Ayers' tweet was immediately flagged as crossing the line by some of his followers. He quickly apologized.

@nick_ayers Paterson tweet too far. A poor attempt at poking fun of White House. Deleting now. Apologies.

The offending tweet has in fact been removed from his feed. Other jokes, including one about Iowa floods and another about the White House social secretary, remain. You can see the original exchange preserved here.

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