Secretary of State Antony Blinken has deleted a tweet that seemingly criticized the Chinese government and showed support from the United States for the people of Hong Kong, instead opting to issue a less-forceful tweet in its place.

Following the deletion of the tweet, the same account later issued another tweet that read: "The PRC's disqualification of seven pro-democracy district councillors undermines the ability of people in Hong Kong to participate in their governance.

When contacted by Fox News for a statement regarding the decision to delete the original tweet, a spokesperson for the State Department insisted that the original tweet was "intended to come from the spokesperson."

"The team that manages the Secretary’s Twitter account mistakenly sent the tweet intended to come from the Spokesperson

We fixed that error and tweeted from both accounts, speaking out about Hong Kong authorities’ disqualification of pro-democracy district councilors," the spokesperson said

In addition, the spokesperson insisted that the tweet was not deleted over "political concerns."