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COMES CLEAN ON MISSTEPS

HE TWEETED it — but he didn’t say it, or mean it.

Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday walked back a promise he made on his official Twitter account to remove a marker commemorating Philippe Pétain — a French World War I general who was feted with a parade in New York City but went on to become a Nazi collaborator.

“The commemoration for Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain in the Canyon of Heroes will be one of the first we remove,” read a tweet from the official @NYCMayor account on Aug. 16, just a minute after the account announced his plans for a 90-day review of “symbols of hate.”

But when asked about his promise in a meeting with the Daily News Editorial Board, the mayor made a distinction — he didn’t actually say it, or type it.

“I did not say that. The tweet said that. And that was wrong,” de Blasio said.

He insisted his tweets, which the flip-phone fan does not typically pen himself, do speak for him — most of the time, anyway.

“Ninety-nine-point-something percent of the time, everything that goes out under my name is either written by me, approved by me, consistent with previous statements, etc.,” de Blasio said. “That particular day there was a misinterpretation, and it’s human.”

The marker won’t be one of the first to go, he said. It’ll be one of the first to be reviewed — by the independent panel that’s also been tasked with deciding the fate of statues of Christopher Columbus and other figures.

“It’ll be one of the first to be reviewed because of its connection to Nazism,” de Blasio said of Petain. “It should not have said, and I did not say, and it was a mistake, it should be one of the first to be removed. That tweet should not have been sent.”

The tweet, which would appear to show the mayor’s preference for removing the marker, was in contradiction with his refusal to say what should happen to Columbus — as he’s insisted it’s not his decision but should be up to a standard process.