Scientific American's editor-in-chief apologized Friday for “misrepresenting shock and confusion” following his expletive-filled rant against Donald Trump's voters on election night. .
Laura Hellmuth, a longtime science and technology publisher, reportedly posted a series of social media posts bashing Republicans as President Trump was trying to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris. .
“Solidarity to all of you whose meanest, stupidest, most bigoted high school classmates are celebrating their early results, because we're going to throw them to the moon and come back,” she wrote on social media platform Bluesky I wrote this in a post. According to Fox News.
In another post, she reportedly wrote, “To my young voters, I apologize that my Gen
The online post quickly sparked a backlash from many social media users who called for her to resign, saying she was unable to objectively carry out her job as editor.
Hellmuth, who worked as a health science editor at the Washington Post, issued an apology days later in which she sought to distance her professional career from her personal beliefs.
“On election night, I made a series of offensive and inappropriate posts on my personal Blue Sky account. I am sorry,” she said in a statement. “I respect and value people across political lines. These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs. They are a false sense of shock and confusion over the election results. It was an expression.
“These posts certainly do not reflect the position of Scientific American or my colleagues. I value civil communication and editorial objectivity,” she added.
scientific american Official support for Harris Choosing a candidate for president over Trump is only the second time in the magazine's 179-year history that its editors have chosen him as a candidate for the White House.
The last time the media supported a candidate was in 2020, when it supported President Biden, who was also running against President Trump.
Mr. Trump, the 45th president and soon to become the 47th president, easily defeated Ms. Harris last week, winning a landslide victory with 312 electoral votes.
