Rangers fire employee for tweeting 'Fire Charlie' Strong
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The Texas Rangers have fired a social media employee who tweeted out their opinion regarding Charlie Strong from the team's account.
After the Texas head coach's team was blown out by TCU 50-7 on Saturday, a "Fire Charlie" tweet was briefly posted by the Rangers' account, then swiftly deleted.
@lana even the Rangers have turned against charlie strong, in what may be their best tweet of the year pic.twitter.com/LI2Tr767hC
— Markansas (@markmo2k) October 3, 2015
The Rangers quickly released a statement Saturday apologizing to Texas and Charlie Strong for the "very inappropriate and insensitive message." According to the statement, the employee, who's now fired, was not working for the Rangers that day.
The Rangers statement apologizing to Charlie Strong: pic.twitter.com/U7jJxNqcoA
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) October 3, 2015