Apparently this was posted on the Verified Senate Republicans' Twitter Page:
Forgive my moribund understanding of contemporaneous lexicon, but is that right?
Lincoln was assassinated. America is forever indebted. To...Lincoln? Or John Wilkes Booth? Or did Lincoln get his comeuppance for the audacity to be the first Republican President?
You know, I don't consider myself one of those strict followers of language rules or anything, but this is the kind of thing that ticks you off, you know? This was apparently written by someone who is getting paid to string a fancy set of words together, and this is the best they could do.
To be fair, they later tweeted out a clarification to the earlier tweet:
It still sounds like you're not quite saying that we're indebted to Lincoln. It sounds like you're saying that we're indebted to his service, which doesn't make much sense either.
Here, let me try.
"150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln, the 1st Republican President to whom America is forever indebted, was assassinated."
"We are forever indebted as a nation to President Lincoln for his service to his country."
Not big modifications, to be sure. But it makes a big difference, doesn't it?