Our resident hawk eye, Sally, grabbed that screenshot of a tweet from NZTA.
It beggars belief that someone in such a role would even get into the debate, let alone take such an anti-American stance. They are civil servants.
As Sally commented:
Since when did a government traffic agency comment on NZ Foreign Affairs. So wrong in many ways.
Deleting the tweet shows they know it was wrong, too bad we’ve got it.
My longest friend in National’s caucus, Scott Simpson grabbed it too:
For those who missed it before it was deleted…. it looked like the Ministerial holiday roster was in full swing with Assoc Transport Minister @JulieAnneGenter covering Twitter and Foreign Affairs.
Scott Simpson
This is unacceptable, but obviously the new standards we can expect under this government.
I wonder what Julie Anne Genter is going to say about it.
As for the sentiment about getting nothing from the US…
For those who missed it before it was deleted…. it looked like the Ministerial holiday roster was in full swing with Assoc Transport Minister @JulieAnneGenter covering Twitter and Foreign Affairs. pic.twitter.com/wvbVPZrYim
Ask the pple of Kaikoura abt the aid they got from the US Navy
chris rennie@chrisinchch
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