A Texas official is walking back an obscene tweet about Hillary Clinton

AP/Eric Gay

Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller.

A Texas Republican official said his campaign mistakenly posted a message on Twitter that used an obscene term to describe Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The message on Miller's Twitter account was referencing a poll that showed Donald Trump leading Clinton 44% to 43%. However, the message used the word, "c--t" instead of Clinton's name. 

The message was deleted shortly after it was posted and a spokeperson for Miller claimed the vulgar tweet was sent by hackers. 

Shortly after, a statement released on Miller's behalf attempted to clarify that his Twitter account was not hacked and that the message was mistakenly retweeted by a staffer who was unaware of the offensive language.

"The campaign was retweeting information on Twitter today and inadvertently retweeted tweet that they were not aware contained a derogatory term. The tweet was taken down as soon as possible. Commissioner Miller find the term vulgar and offensive and apologizes to anyone who may have seen it," the statement said.

This isn't the first time Miller has found himself in hot water.

In April, The Houston Chronicle revealed documents that purported to show Miller used taxpayer money and campaign funds for a trip to compete for prize money in a Mississippi rodeo.