NYT Contributor Fired From Think Tank Over Tweet Urging Biden to 'Lynch Pence'

Rioters in Washington, DC, called for the "hanging" of Vice President Pence as a "traitor" during the mayhem in front of the US Capitol on January 6. They even constructed a wooden gallows with a noose outside the building, apparently designed for Pence, who reportedly let Trump down in defending his election fraud accusations.

An op-ed writer for The New York Times, Will Wilkinson, lost his think tank job over a scandal caused by a tweet that, apparently as a "joke", proposed lynching former Vice President Mike Pence to "unify the nation", Fox News reported Thursday.

Wilkinson, fired from his post as Niskanen Center Vice President for Research, took to Twitter on Wednesday night when, following US President Joe Biden's inaugural address call for unity, he gave him some provocative advice.

"If Biden really wanted unity, he'd lynch Mike Pence," Wilkinson's tweet reportedly read.

A day later, the NYT contributor deleted the tweet and apologized publicly. He then reportedly blocked his personal account from being viewed by the public.

"Last night I made an error of judgment and tweeted this. It was sharp sarcasm, but looked like a call for violence. That's always wrong, even as a joke," Wilkinson wrote in an apology statement. "It was especially wrong at a moment when unity and peace are so critical. I'm deeply sorry and vow not to repeat the mistake."

The Niskanen Center reportedly issued a statement in which it said that it "appreciates and encourages interesting and provocative online discourse", although it has since "parted ways" with Wilkinson.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202101221081844974-nyt-contributor-fired-from-think-tank-over-tweet-urging-biden-to-lynch-pence/

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Video After Man Caught On Hot Mic Discussing ‘Plea Agreement’ While Biden Is Talking

"So just so you know my life, after waiting to do this, I just agreed to a plea sentence for [unintelligible] guy…"

A bizarre moment from President Joe Biden’s White House livestream on Wednesday is garnering attention after an unidentified man on a hot mic speaks over the President and talks about a “plea deal.”

In the YouTube video, which has since been unlisted by the official White House channel so only users possessing a link to the footage can view it, the bizarre audio exchange happens roughly one hour and 16 minutes into the press conference.

As Biden continues to drone on about his COVID team appointments, an unidentified male voice cuts in and says, “So just so you know my life, after waiting to do this, I just agreed to a plea sentence for [unintelligible] guy…

https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A

The unidentified audio then cuts out.

On Thursday, Biden became the first President to have articles of impeachment introduced against himself during his first week in office.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced that she had fulfilled her promise to introduce the articles of impeachment against Biden in a video message posted to Twitter:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) revealed in a video message Thursday that she has kept her promise to file articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on his first full day in office.

“I just filed articles of impeachment on President Joe Biden, we’ll see how this goes,” Greene stated in the brief video message.

Biden now must grapple with the embarrassing distinction of becoming the first President to face the threat of impeachment within his first week in office.

The White House has not publicly commented on the “plea deal” incident during yesterday’s livestream, or on the articles of impeachment introduced by Greene.

https://nationalfile.com/video-white-house-unlists-video-after-man-caught-on-hot-mic-discussing-plea-agreement-while-biden-is-talking/