MINNEAPOLIS — The New York Times has demoted the editor who suggested on Twitter that Minneapolis, the largest city in the state of Minnesota, should not be considered part of the Midwest.

The statement came in response to this tweet from Waleed Shahid:

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Jonathan Weisman — then the deputy Washington editor of the New York Times — tweeted this in reply to Shahid:

“Saying Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minneapolis) are from the Midwest is like saying Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) is from Texas or John Lewis (D-Atlanta) is from the Deep South. C’mon.”

Weisman saw a fierce backlash to the comment, which was criticized as racist.

He later deleted the tweet.

After a meeting with Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, a decision was made to demote Weisman, stripping him of the the title of “deputy editor.”

Weisman apologized for his comments on social media, according to the Times, stating that: “I accept Dean’s judgment. I think he’s right to do what he’s doing. I embarrassed the newspaper, and he had to act.”