Rangers fire employee after socially awkward Tweet about Longhorns’ Charlie Strong

The Rangers had to issue a statement apologizing for a message sent out on their official club Twitter account Saturday afternoon. A member of the Rangers’ social media department who was not working during the game tweeted out “Fire Charlie,” referring to University of Texas football coach Charlie Strong, whose Longhorns lost to TCU 50-7 in Fort Worth.

The post, which went out to over 600,000 followers, was quickly deleted.

In their statement, the Rangers apologized to the university and Strong for “the very inappropriate and insensitive message that was briefly posted on the team’s twitter account.”

The employee was fired, effective immediately, the Rangers said.

This story was originally published October 3, 2015 at 6:38 PM with the headline "Rangers fire employee after socially awkward Tweet about Longhorns’ Charlie Strong."