PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Football Coach Mike Leach is known to have an outlandish tweet every now and then.
Well, a tweet he sent out late Sunday night started a little bit of a Twitter war.
According to Deadspin, Leach tweeted a doctored video of former President Barack Obama. Then, they said he spent FOUR HOURS fighting with people over the accuracy of the video. The tweet has since been taken down.
In the video, where a clearly doctored audio track makes it sound like Obama said, “ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs, but order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign.”
Then, on Monday morning, Leach tweeted a correction….sort of. He posted a link to the complete speech and said, “I agree that the video was incomplete. However, I believe discussion on how much or how little power that our Gov should have is important......Remarks by the President in Address to European Youth.”
WSU Vice President for Marketing and Communications, Phil Weiler, sent a statement to KREM 2 Monday afternoon that said:
"As you know, Mike Leach is able to post items on social media and express his personal opinions in his role as a private citizen. That said, Coach Leach’s views do not necessarily reflect the views of Washington State University students, faculty and staff."