Hawaii governor offers LAME excuse for his delayed Twitter response to missile scare

Being governor can be tough when you’re technologically-challenged.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said he got backtracked posting to his social media accounts about his state’s recent missile scare because he didn’t know his Twitter account’s username or password, Fox News reports.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige listens to questions during a news conference about escaped psychiatric patient Randall Saito on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 in Honolulu. Saito, who was acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity and escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital over the weekend, was arrested in California on Wednesday. He left the Hawaii State Hospital on Sunday, took a taxi to a chartered plane bound for the island of Maui and then boarded another plane to San Jose, Calif., Honolulu police said. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones).

Ige assured reporters on Monday that he now puts his Twitter login credentials into his cellphone so that he can post without waiting on his staff.

Ige’s social media accounts are managed by his staff. Spokesperson Cindy McMillan said Friday that the governor had to track her down before he could post.

Hearing of False Missile Alert: https://t.co/kZTkftWOeh

— Governor David Ige (@GovHawaii) January 19, 2018

The governor shared the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency’s tweet about the false alarm at 8:24am on January 13–even though he had learned of the error 15 minutes earlier.

There is NO missile threat. https://t.co/qR2MlYAYxL

— Governor David Ige (@GovHawaii) January 13, 2018

Republican gubernatorial contender John Carroll dubbed Ige “Doomsday David,” and called on the governor to resign over the false missile alert and subsequent delayed response.

Carroll said Ige’s credibility took a hit after the people of Hawaii were left fearing for their lives for 40 minutes.

Hawaii Republican gubernatorial candidate John Carroll. (Photo: Facebook).

“Doomsday David Ige has got to go now,” the Honolulu Star-Advertiser quoted Carroll as saying.

Hawaiians went into panic on January 13 after an emergency alert with the phrase “ballistic missile threat inbound” flashed across mobile screens.

US Pacific Command later confirmed there was no threat.

U.S. Pacific Command has detected no ballistic missile threat to #Hawaii. Earlier message was sent in error and was a false alarm. pic.twitter.com/Lvg17VNjiF

— U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (@INDOPACOM) January 13, 2018

David Ige has been critical of President Trump.

#Hawaii will not stand for the hateful policies of the Trump WH. We’re standing up for what is right – such as DACA and the Paris Climate Accord. Stop what is wrong – travel ban and keeping transgendered members of the military from defending our flag and our freedom. #HISOTS2018

— Governor David Ige (@GovHawaii) January 22, 2018

But if the governor wants to learn the intricacies of Twitter, there’s no one better than America’s commander-in-chief to give him a few pointers.

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