Editor-in-chief of oldest US magazine calls Trump voters 'fascists'

In an announcement on the social network Bluesky on November 15, Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth of Scientific American said she decided to leave the magazine after 4.5 years as editor-in-chief, without mentioning previous statements about voters who voted for Mr. Trump, according to CNN.

Scientific American Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth

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In the now-deleted posts, Helmuth called Trump voters the “lowliest, stupidest, most blind” group of people, and “fascists”. The posts were published on Bluesky after Trump’s re-election and have recently been widely shared on social media.

Helmuth later apologized, saying she had used offensive and inappropriate language that did not reflect the views of Scientific American . "I respect and value people of all political stripes. These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they are a misrepresentation of my shock and confusion about the election results," the editor-in-chief wrote.

Before taking office, Mr. Trump faces the risk of being opposed by many states.

Scientific American president Kimberly Lau confirmed Helmuth's resignation and said she was looking for a replacement. "We thank Laura for her four years leading Scientific American , a period in which the magazine won major science communication awards and saw the launch of a redesigned digital newsroom. We wish her well in the future," Lau said.

Founded in 1845, Scientific American is considered the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, specializing in information related to science and technology. The magazine has published articles from more than 200 Nobel Prize winners.

2024 is the second year in the magazine's history that it has endorsed a US presidential candidate. In the article, Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris and said that Mr. Trump "threatens public health and safety, rejects evidence and instead promotes nonsense, fanciful conspiracy theories."

Laura Helmuth became Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American in April 2020 after working for The Washington Post . Later that year, the magazine endorsed a US presidential candidate for the first time, Joe Biden, and criticized Trump for rejecting science.

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