The editor of Americas oldest magazine launched an astonishing outburst against Republicans following Donald Trumps electoral win this week.
Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, went on a rampage against Trump supporters in now-deleted posts on social media, calling them fascists, racists and sexists.
I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of f*****g fascists, Helmuth wrote on the social media site Bluesky.
She also wrote: Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f**k them to the moon and back.
Helmuth then went after her own home state: 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 isnt going to bend itself.
Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, went on a rampage against Trump supporters in now-deleted posts on social media, calling them fascists, racists and sexists
Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for president in September, asking readers to vote Democrat to support science, health and the environment.
The once-prestigious magazine made its first ever presidential endorsement for Joe Biden in 2020, with Helmuth and her staff accused of pushing a social justice agenda wherever possible.
And on Wednesday, Helmuth suggested her staff were as distraught as her, writing: Any advice on what workplaces can do to help people who are devastated by the election? Thanks so much.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Scientific American for comment on Helmuths statements.
Helmuth has previously gone viral for her ultra progressive posts, including a long thread where she scolded writers for using health terms such as cancer metaphorically.
Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for president in September, asking readers to vote Democrat to support science, health and the environment
She wrote: We are pickled in ableism, and it pervades the English language. Avoid using health terms metaphorically, even if they aren’t used that much in health care anymore. That includes lame, crippled, blind, deaf, feeble, demented, crazy, schizophrenic, etc.
Unless you are writing about cancer, do not use the word “cancer.” Or tumor, malignant, or metastasize. Everybody has, has had, or knows someone who has, had, or died of cancer. Find a different metaphor to avoid sending your audience’s minds to an awful place.
Last month, she claimed Trumps racist rants are straight-up eugenics.
Founded in 1845, Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the country.
It has featured revolutionary scientists such as Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla as contributors.
Helmuth has previously gone viral for her ultra progressive posts, including a long thread where she scolded writers for using health terms such as cancer metaphorically
But in recent years, loyal readers have complained that the publication has become obsessed with race and transgender issues.
In May 2023, Scientific American was blasted for publishing a piece which asserted that arguing there are only two sexes is bad science.
Scientific American also published a recent story accusing Donald Trump of pushing eugenics .
Editor-in-chief Helmuth was one of many prominent progressives who issued questionable messages following Trumps landslide electoral win.
Devastated actress Christina Applegate wrote on X: Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why? And if you disagree, please unfollow me.
Applegate later apologized for her comments.
Supermodel Cara Delevingne said it was gutting but freeing too to see Trump win.
She added: We get to make every day over the next four years hell for fascists, misogynists, bigots and liars. This is not the time to shrink, nor the time to despair.
Trump was elected the 47th president on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago
Trump was elected the 47th president on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
He won Michigan on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping the blue wall along with Pennsylvania — the one-time Democrat-leaning, swing states that all went for Trump in 2016 before flipping to Biden in 2020.
While Harris focused much of her initial message around themes of joy, Trump channeled a powerful sense of anger and resentment among voters.
He seized on frustrations over high prices and fears about crime and migrants who illegally entered the country on Biden’s watch. He also highlighted wars in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to cast Democrats as presiding over – and encouraging – a world in chaos.