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Size of Republican House majority to be decided by 5 remaining uncalled races

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More than a week after Election Day, the final outcome of the 2024 election is still yet to be decided as five House races remain uncalled.

Republican Donald Trump won the presidency again and the GOP will have the Senate majority. The GOP is projected to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives, but the size of that majority will be unclear until all the votes are counted. 

The balance of power currently sits at 218 seats for Republicans, and 212 for the Democrats. 

California‘s 21st Congressional District was the latest race to be called early Friday evening, when Democrat Jim Costa won re-election to the House over Republican challenger Michael Mayer, according to the Associated Press.

Also on Friday, Democrat Josh Harder topped Republican challenger Kevin Lincoln to win re-election in the California 9th Congressional District, while in Maine’s 2nd District, Democrat Jared Golden was re-elected, narrowly defeating Republican challenger Austin Theriault.

On Thursday, in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, Democrat Janelle Bynum was projected to oust Republican incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Several of the yet-to-be-decided House races are in California, which as of Tuesday had only counted about three-quarters of its votes statewide. The California secretary of state issued a plea for patience on Thursday, announcing that the results will be certified on Dec. 13. 

Here’s where things stand with the uncalled House races: 

GOP INCUMBENT PROJECTED TO DEFEAT DEM CHALLENGER IN CLOSELY WATCHED ARIZONA HOUSE RACE

A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., on Nov. 4. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Alaska

At-large district

Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola is in a tight race in Alaska’s at-large congressional district, where she is trailing Republican entrepreneur Nick Begich.

As of Friday morning, Begich holds more than a 3-point lead at 49% of the vote compared to Peltola’s 45.9%. The vote count sits at 145,754 to 136,319, with roughly 94% of the vote counted.

California

13th Congressional District

Republican Rep. John Duarte is leading former Democratic state assembly member Adam Gray in California’s 13th Congressional District, but the highly contested race remains uncalled as of Friday.

Roughly 84% of the vote has been counted, and Duarte holds a 50.5% to 49.5% lead. The pair is separated by just under 1,764 votes.

45th Congressional District

Incumbent Republican Rep. Michelle Steel leads her Democratic challenger Derek Tran by a few hundred votes as of Thursday morning. A little more than 93% of the votes have been counted, and Steel’s lead has shrunk to 236 votes.

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The House leaders

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has presided over a relatively quiet week for his conference as media attention focused on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’, D-N.Y., caucus. (Getty Images)

Iowa

1st Congressional District

Republican incumbent Rep. Mariannet Miller-Meeks holds a less than 1% lead over challenger Christina Bohannan with 99% of the vote counted. Miller-Meeks’ lead sits at just under 1,000 votes.

Bohannan has requested a recount in her bid to unseat Miller-Meeks. The Associated Press has not yet called the race because the margin was close enough that it could prompt a recount. Miller-Meeks has declared victory and said she was confident in her lead. 

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House Republicans

House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks alongside Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., and chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, House Majority Whip Representative Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during the first House GOP news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. (Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images)

Ohio

9th Congressional District

Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur leads her Republican challenger, Derek Merrin, by less than 1 point with 99% of the votes counted. Kaptur’s lead sits at just over 1,000 votes as of Tuesday.

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Races with a margin of 0.5% or less trigger an automatic recount in Ohio.

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The likelihood of DACA ending is high with Trump’s win : NPR

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The future of DACA is grim. President-elect Donald Trump has continuously pledged to end the program and with a trifecta, the likelihood of the program ending is very high.



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For years, the program known as DACA has protected people who were brought to the U.S. at a young age. It stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program has been caught up in court challenges since Trump’s first administration, and he promises mass deportations in his next term, which could include the immigrants protected under DACA. NPR’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán reports.

SERGIO MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN, BYLINE: Jonathan Alvizo remembers exactly when he moved from Piedras Negras, Mexico, to Dallas, Texas.

JONATHAN ALVIZO: I actually got here two weeks before 9/11 happened.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: It was August 2001. He was 6 years old.

ALVIZO: So I saw everything go down, and I was like, wow – terrible time to get here.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: We’re talking outside his alma matter, a prestigious high school for the performing and visual arts in Dallas. This is one of many landmarks that are important to him. Another one is a gas station near the Dallas Zoo. It was where his parents stopped the truck they were driving once they got to the city.

ALVIZO: My story began right there. Even though I’m Mexican, I feel more American, honestly.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: Alvizo is a DACA recipient, so he doesn’t have permanent legal status in the U.S. When his parents brought him here, they came with a visitor’s visa, which they overstayed. In 2012, Alvizo applied for the then-newly created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, an initiative that protects from deportation those who were illegally present in the country after entering as children before 2007. DACA allows them to get a work permit. However, they have to renew their status every two years. It’s been a privilege and life-changing, Alvizo says, but it has been bittersweet.

ALVIZO: It’s going to sound ridiculous what I’m about to say. But I tell my counselor, like, it always feels like I’m climbing a wall, and as soon as I try to get to the top and, you know, see to the other side, I just fall back down to the other side.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: That is because the program has been under constant threat. Republicans have gone after DACA, claiming that then-President Obama violated the law when he created it via executive order. During his first term in 2017, President Trump attempted to shut it down, but the U.S. Supreme Court blocked him. However, the court has become more conservative, and Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy, has said the new administration will try again.

KARINA SERRATO SOTO: DACA is – it opens a lot of doors.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: DACA recipient Karina Serrato Soto was brought to the country by her mom in 1990, when she was 9 months old. She now teaches math at a middle school in Dallas. Trump’s victory has pushed Serrato Soto and her husband to prepare for the worst – deportation. They’ve talked to her mom about caring for their two children if that were to happen.

SERRATO SOTO: Because we have to be ready. We do not know what’s our future. We don’t know if he’s going to stop it. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: But Serrato Soto says she’s ready to fight for DACA. For Jonathan Alvizo, the possibility of him getting deported has started to sink in.

ALVIZO: And I kind of realize now that freedom does not only exist in the United States. And there’s not just such a thing as an American dream. There can be a Mexican dream, you know? There’s also dreams on the other side of the border.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: Alvizo says that whatever happens to DACA, he’s ready to live the two-year permit he just got renewed.

ALVIZO: But I don’t think I’m afraid of – anymore of leaving the country and taking my dream somewhere else because I want to have the same freedom that everyone else has, and I want to have the same rights that everyone else has.

MARTÍNEZ-BELTRÁN: Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR News, Dallas.

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Democrats privately gripe about Pelosi’s ‘damaging’ post-election comments: ‘She needs to take a seat’

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was once a titan of Democratic Party politics, but now she appears to be on the outs with President Biden and some House Democrats.

Biden made history by stepping down from the Democratic Party ticket after weeks of defections from Democratic lawmakers who implored him to withdraw, with reports that it was Pelosi who had coordinated the effort to force him to step down. Since then, their relationship has been frosty. 

After Vice President Kamala Harris lost, Pelosi responded by pointing the finger at Biden, saying “it would have been different” if he had dropped out earlier, telling the New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast, “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race.”

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Pelosi appears to have fallen out of favor both with President Biden and House Democrats. (Getty Images)

But her post-election thoughts aren’t sitting well with some members of her party.

Axios reported, in a piece headlined “Scoop: House Dems sick of Pelosi,” that while she “still instills fear in the members she led for two decades,” some Democrats are “clearly frustrated Pelosi isn’t fading into the sunset like she promised when she lost the gavel two years ago.”

One anonymous senior Democratic lawmaker responded to Pelosi speaking out about what she thinks went wrong in the election. 

“She needs to take a seat,” the lawmaker told the news outlet. “Making scattershot comments is not just unhelpful, it’s damaging.”

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“I understand that this is a difficult transition for her, not being the leader, but she is not,” a member of the Congressional Black Caucus told Axios.

That same unnamed member argued that Pelosi is not making way for her successor, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, saying, “Hakeem has been tremendously graceful and respectful of her, but I don’t think she is being respectful of him.”

“She needs to understand what her new role is,” the member concluded.

A spokesperson for Pelosi told Fox News Digital, “Speaker Pelosi is immensely proud of Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his masterful stewardship of the House Democratic Caucus. We all should praise the excellent progress made by House Democrats under his leadership.”

What exit polls are telling us about the gender divide in the election

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Going into election day, pollsters predicted a possible record-setting gender gap. That didn’t quite happen, but polls showed young men swung hard toward Trump, boosted by new voters and Latino men.

Rogan jokes Biden voted for Trump: He’s ‘never been happier in his life’ that Harris lost

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Podcaster Joe Rogan suggested this week that President Biden wanted President-elect Trump to win after his party pushed him to drop out of the race in July.

Biden’s smiling face during his meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday sparked some speculation that the incumbent was happy to hand over the reins to Trump rather than his replacement on the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Do you know what one of my f—ing favorite things of this whole election cycle has been? Yesterday when Biden and Trump sat down in the White House,” Rogan said. “Biden voted for Trump. I guarantee it. I f—ing guarantee it. I never saw that dude so happy in his f—ing life. He lost. His party lost. He was happy.”

Podcaster Joe Rogan laughed as he saw a photo of President Biden smiling next to President-elect Trump. (The Joe Rogan Experience)

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He then compared the reception to how then-President Obama greeted Trump after his first victory in 2016, arguing that Obama looked exasperated at the time. 

When a photo of Biden beaming next to Trump was shown, Rogan immediately began laughing, “Look at, look at Biden! Look at his f—ing smile, dude! Look at his f—ing smile, man. That’s like when your kid gets married.”

Rogan went on to say that Biden felt joy at Harris being soundly defeated, recalling when the president placed a Trump hat on his head while out campaigning. 

“I guarantee you, I guarantee you that mother—-er was happy. He had a giant smile on his face. He said, ‘Welcome back’ to him,” he joked.

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President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

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“I thought it was ‘Hitler,’” the podcast host said, recalling past rhetoric from Biden condemning Trump. “I thought he was ‘dangerous!’”

“It’s so nuts, man. It’s so nuts,” Rogan later added. “All the different things that happened during this election are wilder than anything you’ve ever seen in a f—ing movie.”

Biden previously argued that Trump was “a threat to democracy” and in the final weeks of the campaign said “our democracy is at stake” if he wins. 

Since the election, however, Biden has been far more conciliatory, with some pointing out the stark difference in rhetoic.

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Trump picks Karoline Leavitt to be White House press secretary : NPR

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Karoline Leavitt, former President Donald Trump’s campaign press secretary, speaks to reporters across the street from Trump’s criminal trial in New York on May 28. Leavitt will be the youngest person to ever hold the job of top White House spokesperson.

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President-elect Donald Trump has selected longtime aide and media personality Karoline Leavitt to be his White House press secretary and carry the message of his administration publicly as he returns to the Oval Office.

Leavitt has become a prominent face on the Trump team, serving as national press secretary for the campaign and now for the transition team. She is also an alum of the president-elect’s first White House administration, where she worked as an assistant press secretary.

“Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator,” Trump said in a statement. “I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American people.“

At 27 years old, Leavitt will be the youngest person to hold the position of top White House spokesperson. The position hasn’t been held by someone under 30 since former President Richard Nixon’s administration in 1969.

The incoming press secretary has a background on Capitol Hill, having previously worked as the communications director for New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, who Trump recently nominated to be U.N. ambassador.

Leavitt also came close to serving in Congress. A New Hampshire native, she ran in a competitive New Hampshire district, winning her Republican primary but ultimately failing to unseat the Democratic incumbent.

If she had won, Leavitt would have been one of the first members of Gen Z to serve in Congress and the first woman of that generation.

Leavitt has defended Trump’s unique appeal to young voters throughout her tenure as his campaign spokesperson.

“The president has a message that resonates with young people,” Leavitt told NPR during an interview in Sept. “If you want to live the American dream, be able to afford a home, have costs go down [for] gas, groceries, rent, and you want to be able to afford a family, then there’s only one option to vote for.”

Though voters under 30 still sided with Vice President Harris overall this year, Democrats lost serious ground, and Trump made gains compared to 2020 and 2016. The economy and jobs were also cited as the top issues for young Americans when voting, according to exit polling from the Associated Press.

When Leavitt spoke with NPR in September, Harris’ campaign had benefited from a slew of viral internet support. It was something Leavitt brushed it aside.

“Young people care about policy,” she said. “Young people are struggling right now.”

Police arrest fight suspects at Israel-France soccer game days after attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam

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Police officers in Paris arrested two fans at an Israel-France UEFA Nations League soccer game at Stade de France national stadium Thursday. 

“There was the start of a fight. We were extremely reactive, so the incident was very quickly contained,” Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told France 2.

The fight broke out around 10 minutes after the game kicked off at 8:45 p.m. Some of those involved had Israeli flags draped over their backs. It was not clear what prompted the altercation, and security intervened about one minute after it broke out. 

Both individuals were taken into custody. One was taken right away, and the other was arrested after the match with the help of video evidence, Nunez said.

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Fans display a Palestinian flag and an Israeli flag amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Fans at Stade de France booed during the Israeli national anthem, and minor altercations erupted at a UEFA Nations League game between the two countries Thursday. About 4,000 French security personnel were assigned to patrol inside and outside the stadium and on public transit. 

Reuters reported around 100 Israeli fans were spotted sitting in a corner of Stade de France, which had an attendance of 16,611, not even close to its 80,000-person capacity. 

Before the match kicked off, the Israeli national anthem played, and some “boos and whistles” were heard as it played. 

Israeli supporters waved yellow balloons, chanting “Free the Hostages” in reference to those still being held by Hamas. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement saying Israel had intelligence that pro-Palestinian groups abroad intend to harm Israelis in cities in France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium, among other countries. 

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ma’ayan Toaf, Israel Government Press Office)

This incident is now the second violent altercation involving Israeli soccer fans at the national team’s games in Europe in recent weeks. 

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters were reportedly the target of violence in Amsterdam in the first week of November. The Embassy of Israel to the U.S. also posted a graphic video of the violence.

“Hundreds of fans of the @MaccabiTLVFC soccer team were ambushed and attacked in Amsterdam tonight as they left the stadium following a game against @AFCAjax,” the embassy wrote. “The mob who targeted these innocent Israelis has proudly shared their violent acts on social media.”

Dozens of arrests were made Thursday night, most before the match, the Netherlands’ RTL reported.

“There have been disturbances, including on the Dam,” a Dutch national police spokesperson told the outlet. “We cannot indicate who belongs to whom. The groups are not easy to distinguish from each other. Almost all of them are wearing dark clothes.”

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Israeli fans clash with security staff during a match between Israel and France Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)

That incident came 13 months after the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel Oct. 7, 2023. 

Israel’s national soccer team was recently subject to a potential suspension by FIFA after complaints by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA). 

The PFA’s original proposal claimed at least 92 non-professional Palestinian players have been killed in the war, football infrastructure has been destroyed, its leagues suspended and its national team required to play World Cup qualifiers abroad. The Palestinian federation wanted FIFA to adopt appropriate sanctions against Israeli teams, including the national side and clubs. 

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FIFA ruled against suspending Israel from international play after the PFA proposed a suspension for Israel amid the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza earlier this year. However, FIFA still commenced an investigation of the Israel Football Association (IFA) over allegations of discrimination.

In a statement previously provided to Fox News Digital by IFA head of communications Shlomi Barzell, the IFA condemned the PFA for its recent proposal to FIFA.

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A protester is draped in an Israeli flag during a protest against antisemitism at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany Dec. 10, 2023.   (Reuters/Lisi Niesner)

“Whoever fantasized about the suspension of Israeli football from the international arena or sanctions through lies and false accusations, has suffered a defeat,” the statement read. “Again, we have acted over time in different channels, in a calculated and proactive manner in the face of the challenge of the Palestinian Association and its leader to distort reality, and the result today leaves no room for doubt. 

“We respect the authors of the report submitted to the council members and the decision of the council members to consider transferring two issues to a legal examination, as long as there is any factual justification for it. Thanks to values that represent a glorious democracy and an independent and determined legal system of the Football Association, we have never violated and will not violate any of the FIFA/UEFA rules.” 

The PFA has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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The first woman of color to lead a major ticket lost. What will Harris' legacy be?

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NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Tressie McMillan Cottom about Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election.

Taylor Swift entourage outrages Toronto residents as police escorts create traffic delays

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Taylor Swift has officially made moves in Canada.

After touching down in Toronto on Thursday, the pop star and her team were greeted with an extravagant escort service led by the Toronto Police Department. Despite the excitement surrounding her upcoming six-show “Eras Tour” lineup at Rogers Centre, the motorcade stirred controversy among locals who were stuck in major traffic delays. 

“This is what is seriously wrong with Toronto,” one user wrote on X. “Its wonderful that so many people are excited with Taylor Swift’s concerts but seriously. We have very serious traffic issues that are impacting the lives and economic well being of so many, but don’t let a celebrity wait in traffic.”

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Taylor Swift touched down in Toronto on Thursday. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

“6 night Taylor Swift concert in Toronto means a week of even worse traffic than normal,” another wrote. 

The Toronto PD had its reasons for such an excessive motorcade, given the fact that three of Swift’s concerts were canceled in August as a result of a terrorism threat in Vienna. 

In early August, Swift canceled three of her Austria shows at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna after she was made aware of a planned bomb. 

On Aug. 7, authorities arrested a 17-year-old male and a 19-year-old male for allegedly plotting terror attacks on Swift’s Vienna shows, which were set for Aug. 8-10. An 18-year-old male was arrested on Aug. 8. 

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Swift is scheduled to perform six shows in Toronto.  (John Shearer/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Later that month, the deputy director of the CIA confirmed that the intended terrorist plot at Swift’s shows in Vienna intended on killing “a huge number” of people — including Americans. 

Because of this, heightened security in Toronto is necessary, said Toronto Police spokesperson Nadine Ramadan.

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“Taylor Swift attracts a large following that are very actively engaged, and for public safety reasons, we are facilitating her movements in the city,” Ramadan told Fox News Digital in a statement. “To be clear, we supplemented with some scout cars and motorcycles, but the rest belonged to her own security team. For operational security purposes, I can’t share the exact number.”

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Concertgoers embraced the bumper-to-bumper traffic after Swift’s first show in Toronto. (John Shearer/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

“There were never complete closures at any point,” Ramadan added. “The highways were not closed. There were only rolling closures on the Gardiner [Expressway] and Highway 427 that took a total of 20 minutes.”

After her first show concluded in Toronto on Thursday, Swifties fully embraced the bumper-to-bumper traffic. 

“Instead of road rage, we had Swiftie smiles and sparkles,” a concertgoer wrote in an essay published on The Star. “Some came dressed in cowboy boots or hats or in costumes taken from a song lyrics, like a fridge or traffic lights… It turned out to be one of the sweetest traffic jams possible, largely because of what it means to be a Swiftie.”

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Fox News Digital’s Janelle Ash and Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report. 

Scientific American editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral : NPR

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Laura Helmuth, the chief editor of Scientific American magazine, announced her resignation on Friday after comments she made disparaging supporters of President-elect Donald Trump gained attention in conservative circles.

In a post on the social media platform Bluesky, Helmuth wrote, “I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. She added, “I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching).”

In subsequent messages on Bluesky, which were later deleted, Helmuth referred to some of Trump’s supporters as “the meanest, dumbest, most bigoted” individuals celebrating his election night victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

She also expressed regret to younger voters, stating that her generation is “so full of f****** fascists.”

Helmuth later apologized for her remarks, writing: “These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they were a mistaken expression of shock and confusion about the election results.”

Helmuth’s comments and resignation come in the wake of a highly contentious election season, during which media organizations and their reporters struggled with how to address Trump and his allies concerning conspiracy theories, their plans to consolidate power to the White House, and threats to their perceived enemies.

For only the second time in its nearly 180 years, Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris, describing Trump as a threat to public safety who “rejects evidence, preferring instead nonsensical conspiracy fantasies.”

In an emailed statement to NPR, Kimberly Lau, president of Scientific American, confirmed Helmuth’s resignation, stating, “Laura Helmuth has decided to move on from her position as editor in chief. We thank Laura for her four years leading Scientific American, during which time the magazine won major science communication awards and established a reimagined digital newsroom. We wish her well in the future.”

Conservatives on X, the social media platform where Helmuth’s comments gained traction, celebrated her departure as the downfall of another “woke” crusader.