uhhh.......
wow
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-ernst-confronts-biden-nominee-beth-geer-hideous-tweet
"I meant no disrespect."
Geer should have just said, "Yes, I wrote it and I am sorry that I did. It is not consistent with my normal mode of working with people, as you will see by looking at the rest of my tweets."
And on Ernst's comments about Trump's tweets not being a possible influence, "I am sure that former President Trump's tweets were already more than full of that sort of language at the time, but I do not attribute to him my tweet at the time.
On the other hand, Senator, I do wonder if you ever called out President Trump or others of your colleagues for such language in their public communications."
But that would not have been politic.
OTOH, Kid, "wow" seems pretty strong for "hideous."