New York Post Employee Posts Fake Headlines Calling for the Murder and Rape of Female Politicians
On Thursday morning, a series of fake, racist, and violent headlines appeared on the tabloid's homepage and Twitter account.
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One rogue New York Post employee (or former employee?) had quite the morning on Thursday. After a string of disturbing headlines and tweets, which included one that called for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to be raped and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to be assassinated, the Post claimed they were hacked. Hours later, they said it was actually an employee who was responsible for the posts.
Hochul, who serves as New York’s first female governor, has since responded to the violent headlines that targeted herself, Ocasio-Cortez, and other elected leaders, including President Joe Biden, by demanding answers and transparency from the Post. “The New York Post has long fostered an ugly, toxic conversation on their front pages and social accounts, but these posts are more disgusting and vile than usual,” Hochul’s campaign said in a statement, posted by her press secretary Jen Goodman. “The New York Post needs to immediately explain how this reprehensible content was made public. While the Post has made its preferences very clear in the New York Governor’s race, there is no room for this violent, sexist rhetoric in our politics. We demand answers.”