New York Post Staffer Fired For Racist, Violent Tweets

Violent and racist content that appeared on the New York Post’s website and Twitter account Thursday morning were posted by one of the newspaper’s own employees, a company spokesperson said.

The tweets, which were posted just after 9 a.m. and seen by BuzzFeed News, called for the murder of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Others mentioned “slaughtering illegals,” joked about New York Gov. Kathy Hochul being “rape[d] and batter[ed],” and called New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is Black, a “fried chicken eating monkey.”

Articles on the paper’s website were tampered with as well. The headline of an op-ed about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was changed to “We must assassinate AOC for America,” and its byline was edited to look like it was by right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro.