The tweet was quickly deleted after Twitter users pointed out the mistake. While the flag of Liberia resembles the U.S. flag and features a series of red and white stripes, the flag of the West ...

But they had to delete the tweet quickly afterward, as Twitter users pointed out that the flag in the image looks a lot closer to the Liberian flag than the American one (though the Liberian flag ...

Happy Independence Day from the GOP!” read the deleted tweet, with a photo of the flag of Liberia attached alongside. Though the GOP’s tweet was swiftly removed from its official handle ...

which more closely — though not completely — resembles the flag of Liberia, a country in West Africa. Aside from the difference in the number of stars between the United States' and Liberia's ...