Editor-in-chief of Scientific American resigns following expletive-filled rantagainst Trump voters

Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, has resigned after receiving fierce backlash for her online expletive-filled tirade where she called Trump voters “f–king fascists” on election night.“I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief,” Helmuth announced on her Bluesky account Thursday.“I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching).”The president of the magazine, Kimberly Lau, said that Helmuth decided to step down on her own.She thanked Helmuth for her time leading Scientific American, noting that the magazine “won major science communications awards and saw the establishment of a reimagined digital newsroom” while she was at the helm.“We wish her well for the future,” Lau said in a statement to The Washington Post.Lau said the magazine has already begun its search for a new editor.The Post has reached out to Scientific American for comment on Helmuth’s resignation.Helmuth’s resignation comes after she fired off a series of social media posts on election night bashing people who voted for president-elect Donald Trump over Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.“Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f–k them to the moon and back,” she wrote in one post on the social media platform Bluesky on Nov.5.In another post, Helmuth wrote, “I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is full of f–king fascists.”“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 also wrote on election night.Her posts soon led to a wildfire of backlash on social media, with users demanding that she resign, claiming she could not carry out her job as editor-in-chief objectively.Soon ...