The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead has been slammed for sending out a controversial tweet about the Oklahoma tornado.

On Monday afternoon, Winstead posted:

"This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives."

With multiple citizens reported dead already, the joke was seen as off-color, but Winstead lashed out at her critics. The 52-year old comedian tweeted: "If Its not OK to YOU for me to combine news stories to point out hypocrisy AND Im not making fun of victims u shld Unfollow."

Eventually, Winstead deleted the original tweet, but Mediaite managed to screen-capture it. The tweet had 143 retweets and 36 favorites.

Winstead tweeted two other tornado-themed jokes on Monday, which she has not deleted: "How long has Obama known about this tornado?" and "Tornado just bumped me from MSNBC #Benghazi"

Later, she apologized for her jokes, tweeting: "Made a political joke, Twas before devastation revealed. In hindsight, had I understood, I would have refrained. Beyond sorry. #LetMeHaveIt,"

Since receiving backlash, the comedian has tweeted support for donations to victims of the tornado.

Winstead was the co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and often acted as a Correspondent for the show. She has made appearances on liberal talk shows like The Ed Show and The Joy Behar Show. She has also appeared on Comedy Central Presents, a stand-up comedian showcase.

The tornado that devastated Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 24 people as of Tuesday afternoon, according to The New York Times.

ABC, CBS and NBC will be airing specials about the devastation tonight. ABC will be expanding World News Tonight to one hour. They will also be covering it in their late night news program Nightline at 12:30 am.

NBC is planning a one-hour special of NBC News at 8 pm, in addition to a special message during The Voice at 9 pm.

CBS will be airing The CBS Evening News from 6:30 to 8 pm.

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The Daily Show, Tornado, Tweets