Atlantic writer makes State of Union assassination joke

Published February 6, 2019 8:33pm ET



The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill this week appeared to joke about the assassination of President Trump, just in case you were wondering whether ESPN was mistaken to part ways with her in 2018 after she made similarly stupid comments about the president.

Honestly, though, the interesting thing here isn’t Hill’s joke. This interesting thing will be how the Atlantic responds, considering it sacked conservative author Kevin Williamson last year for making made similarly trollish comments.

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