Woke Academics Politicize Science, Fear Trump

Woke academics funneling scientific funding toward political activism are terrified President-elect Donald Trump is about to Make Science Great Again.

Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, responded to the news in a series of now-deleted tweets about Trump being her once and future president by stating, “I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of f***ing fascists” and urging “solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f*** them to the moon and back.” (Asterisks ours, not hers.)

Woke academics funneling scientific funding toward political activism are terrified President-elect Donald Trump is about to Make Science Great Again.

Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, responded to the news in a series of now-deleted tweets about Trump being her once and future president by stating, “I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of f***ing fascists” and urging “solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f*** them to the moon and back.” (Asterisks ours, not hers.)

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Andrew Follett

Andrew Follett conducts research analysis for a nonprofit in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously worked as a space and science reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.