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June 9, 2014 / 7:22 PM

South Caroline Gov. Nikki Haley deletes Twitter goof

Gov. Haley accidentally promised to stop children's education in a poorly constructed tweet on Monday.

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COLUMBIA, S.C., June 9 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley took to Instagram on Monday to praise the state's new education-reform legislation.

"South Carolina made history this year by passing education reform. We will no longer educate children based on where they are born," she wrote.

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But Haley's message took on an entirely different meaning when she tweeted the Instagram post, and it became subject to Twitter's 140-character limit.

Epic (but highly humorous) twitter fail by Nikki Haley. pic.twitter.com/85JqhPPxLe
— Michael Li (@mcpli) June 9, 2014

The unlucky tweet was eventually deleted, but not before Twitter users spotted the slip up.

TY Nikki RT @imillhiser: Say what you want about @NikkiHaley, but at least she doesn't sugarcoat her policies. pic.twitter.com/LYVCWk9LaK
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) June 9, 2014

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