'Way to get the party wrong, a-holes': TPM mislabels scandal-plagued Dem John Walsh

@tpm Dude?

— CLA (@ConservativeLA) August 6, 2014

Last night, Talking Points Memo published a piece about Montana Sen. John Walsh, who has reportedly been considering whether or not to drop out of this year’s race amid plagiarism allegations. Naturally, TPM promoted the story via Twitter:

Report: Sen. Walsh considering dropping out after plagiarism scandal http://t.co/ic65QXlIoq

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 5, 2014

This one went out a few hours later:

https://twitter.com/TPM/status/496818066131812353

Great job as usual, TPM. Just one minor problem:

https://twitter.com/cd4337/status/496818337607716865

@TPM Correx on tweet: Walsh is a Democrat.

— Tom Kopacz (@TomKopacz) August 6, 2014

Oopsie!

@TPM He's D-MT, not R-MT.

— Robert McNees (@mcnees) August 6, 2014

@tpm @joshtpm isn't that D-MT?

— Aaron Knight (@farktal) August 6, 2014

Hey, @TPM Brain Trust: Walsh is D-MT, not R.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) August 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/RandyEBarnett/status/496860429977927680

@TPM @instapundit "R-MT"???? Don't think so…

— Charlie Foxtrot (@CFoxtrot) August 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/Alyssafarah/status/497012267121393664

https://twitter.com/Neal_Dewing/status/497012748380012545

OK, so surely by now, TPM should be well aware of its mistake. A correction might be helpful, right?

.@TPM @joshtpm Ya know. Maybe change this.

— William Freeland (@WilliamFreeland) August 6, 2014

@TPM You need to fix the tweet. He is NOT a Republican

— JodiKyman (@jodikyman) August 6, 2014

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@TPM Wouldn't kill you to correct that.

— John L. Pitts (@JohnLPitts) August 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/497011815084482560

Nothing yet. We’ll wait.

https://twitter.com/jason72835683/status/496858834133348354

@RandyEBarnett @baseballcrank @TPM @instapundit Of course he is. This is the new way to describe disgraced Dems, call them Republicans.

— Mark O. Van Wagoner (@VanWagoner) August 6, 2014

@TPM @instapundit Way to get the party wrong a-holes.

— Jim Rose ☕️ (@JimRoseVSOP) August 6, 2014

Word of advice for future tweets:

@TPM You, sir, must learn how to use Google.

That is all.

— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) August 6, 2014

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