--- description: Tweet included a mocking image of a district attorney who is involved in a criminal indictment against the governor title: Rick Perry Removes Insulting Tweet About D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59bd59110f1dfb68/6986a194cd684883dd096457/453910388.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rick Perry Disavows Tweet Calling Democratic D.A. a Drunk  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2014 1:37 PM CUT  Texas Governor Rick Perry delivers remarks about immigration at The Heritage Foundation August 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. Texas Governor Rick Perry delivers remarks about immigration at The Heritage Foundation August 21, 2014 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2014 1:37 PM CUT Texas Governor Rick Perry deleted an “unauthorized” tweet sent out from his official account on Sunday evening, that included a mocking image of a district attorney who is involved in a criminal indictment against the governor. “I do not condone the tweet and I have taken it down,” Perry [tweeted](https://twitter.com/GovernorPerry/status/506250293521424385 "undefined") from his official account. The removed tweet included an image of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg surrounded by beer bottles with a derisive comment about her drunk driving conviction in 2013. Lehmberg refused to resign after the conviction, prompting Perry to withhold funding from her office until she stepped down. An [indictment](http://time.com/3121778/rick-perry-indicted-in-politically-charged-texas-battle/ "undefined") last month held that Perry’s maneuver might constitute a possible “abuse of power,” a charge the governor contests is based on a vague and outdated law. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3246367/rick-perry-tweet-rosemary-lehmberg/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3246367/rick-perry-tweet-rosemary-lehmberg/"},"headline":"Rick Perry Disavows Tweet Calling Democratic D.A. a Drunk","datePublished":"2014-09-01T13:37:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:57:15.235Z","description":"'I do not condone the tweet and I have taken it down'","url":"https://time.com/3246367/rick-perry-tweet-rosemary-lehmberg/","keywords":["2016 Election","Texas","2016 Election topic","rick perry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59bd59110f1dfb68/6986a194cd684883dd096457/453910388.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59bd59110f1dfb68/6986a194cd684883dd096457/453910388.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rick Perry Discusses Immigration And Border Crisis In Washington DC","caption":"Rick Perry Discusses Immigration And Border Crisis In Washington DC","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3246367/rick-perry-tweet-rosemary-lehmberg/","name":"Rick Perry Disavows Tweet Calling Democratic D.A. a Drunk"}}]}] ```