Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth apologized after referring to Americans who voted for President-elect Donald Trump as the “meanest, dumbest, most bigoted” group and “f—ing fascists.”
Helmuth came under fire last week for blasting Trump supporters after his landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, who was endorsed by Scientific American. As Trump pulled ahead on election day, Helmuth repeatedly attacked his supporters on Bluesky, a social media platform that is popular with liberals.
“Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and remember why I respect the people who stayed and are trying to make it less racist and sexist. The moral arc of the universe isn’t going to bend itself,” she wrote.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN EDITOR BLASTS ‘F—ING FASCISTS’ WHO ELECTED DONALD TRUMP
“Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f— them to the moon and back,” Helmuth also wrote, while another …