Guardian journalist sparks fury after calling for Donald Trump’s assassination over Twitter
The newspaper has distanced itself from Monisha Rajesh, calling her an 'infrequent freelance contributor'
A journalist who called for Donald Trump’s assassination sparked fury and calls for her arrest last night.
Guardian writer Monisha Rajesh – who has also worked for the Daily Mirror and the Daily Telegraph – tweeted: “It’s about time for a presidential assassination”.
But she later shut down her account after coming under a barrage of online criticism over her inflammatory retort, posted as America went to the polls on Tuesday.
One angry Twitter user hit out: “Has the @fbi investigated/arrested #MonishaRajesh.
Time to put @guardian out of business for promoting assassinations and communism.”
Another tweeted: “IT’S ABOUT TIME FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION!”
Thus spake Monisha Rajesh of The Guardian @guardian .Unbiased journalism?”
Another critic called Michelle tweeted: “Does anyone know if the @guardian surrendered it’s violent journalist #MonishaRajesh yet to the police?”
Rajesh calls herself as a Guardian feature writer but the paper was distancing itself from her last night.
A Guardian spokesman said: “Monisha Rajesh is an infrequent freelance contributor, not a staff writer, and the Guardian cannot take responsibility for comments expressed by her in a personal capacity.”
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