An unearthed tweet from an MSNBC contributor that joked about the possibility of his daughter being raped, went viral on Tuesday as it was met by outrage across Twitter.
According to his about page, Sam Seder is the host of the radio program “The Majority Report” and is an MSNBC contributor.
Twitter users discovered a tweet from Seder in 2009 where he joked about the possibility of his daughter being raped.
“Dont care re Polanski, but i hope if my daughter is ever raped it is by an older truly talented man w/ a great sense of mise en scene,” Seder tweeted.
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The Daily Wire embedded Seder’s tweet before he deleted it:
Seder’s tweet quickly went viral as Twitter users expressed outrage, shock, and disgust over it.