Crossroads apologizes for tweet suggesting Commerce secretary driving drunk

Conservative super-PAC American Crossroads apologized Monday after deleting a tweet that suggested Commerce Secretary John Bryson was driving drunk over the weekend.

A tweet from the group's official Twitter account apologized for failing "miserably" to make a joke after reports broke early Monday morning that Bryson was under police investigation for hitting two cars — one twice — in Los Angeles before being found unconscious in his own.

According to the Commerce Department, Bryson had a seizure.

Josh Dorner, communications director for the progressive blog ThinkProgress, took a screenshot of the tweet before it was deleted. It reads: "How does @CommerceSec have 3 car crashes in 5 minutes and alcohol NOT be involved? #Skills"

"Earlier Bryson tweet with hashtag ‪#skills‬ attempted levity (before facts known) and failed miserably. We took it down and regret the tweet," Crossroads tweeted about two hours after the first tweet.

The Karl Rove-backed group has demonstrated huge fundraising power and is expected to be one of a handful of outside spending groups with substantial influence over the November elections.

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