( CNN ) -- Delaware Gov . Jack Markell 's office apologized Thursday for a tweet containing a link to a racy photo of a woman wearing what appears to be leather straps around her neck and chest . `` An inappropriate photo was inadvertently sent out earlier . We are looking into how this occurred but apologize to anyone who was offended , '' Markell 's Twitter account read . His office deleted the tweet 17 minutes after it was posted , but Politwoops , a website that documents deleted tweets by politicians , captured the original tweet with the link : . `` At Warner E.S . in # WilmDE to announce new initiative to support many of # netDE 's most disadvantaged students PHOTO : http : //ow.ly/i/6M3N '' Markell 's office sent out a longer statement Thursday attempting to clarify the situation . The statement said the link was supposed to be a photo `` that had just been uploaded to the internet of the Governor 's education announcement . '' `` While the tweet was being edited , the auto-generated link for the picture was inadvertently altered , '' the statement continued . `` As a result , the picture linked to the tweet was a random , unrelated , and inappropriate picture that has been on the internet since 2010 , and not the just-uploaded picture of the event . The tweet was deleted and we apologize for the error . '' His office added a touch of humor about the situation . `` The lessons here are not to compose tweets too quickly and there is a lot of odd stuff on the internet , '' the statement read . `` We just wish the accidental link had been a cat video . '' Earlier this week , Texas Gov . Rick Perry also apologized for what he described as an `` unauthorized '' tweet related to his indictment .
The Delaware governor 's office deleted a tweet with a link to an 'inappropriate ' photo . Comment: `` We just wish the accidental link had been a cat video , '' the office said .