Disgruntled NY Post Employee Fired After Hijacking Paper’s Twitter, Calling for Assassinating AOC

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020An employee of the New York Post temporarily took over the conservative newspaper’s social media account on Thursday, posting a series of lewd and offensive fake headlines about area politicians, as well as calling for the assassination of US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).The employee managed to post at least seven tweets of fake stories before getting found out. The fake stories included made-up quotes from various politicians, including New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin and New Jersey Republican House candidate Frank Pallotta, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, as well as conservative activist Christopher Rufo and Post journalist Miranda Devine.