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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) reaffirmed the freedom to tweet this week, forced to apologize after his staff criticized a student for tweeting her dislike of the governor during a visit to the state Capitol.

“My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms,” Brownback said in a news release posted Monday on his official Facebook page.

A high school student from a Kansas City, Kan., suburb tweeted her negative opinion of Brownback last week during a field trip to the state Capitol in Topeka. Her tweet was red-flagged by Brownback press secretary Sherriene Jones-Sontag, who chided the student for not being “respectful,” according to The Kansas City Star.

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