PROFESSOR WHO TOLD STUDENTS SHE HOPES ‘TRUMP SUPPORTERS CATCH COVID,’ ‘DIE BEFORE THE ELECTION’ NOW SUSPENDED
Marshall University Assistant Professor Jennifer Mosher placed on administrative leave since her divisive remarks
A West Virginia Professor teaching at Marshall University was suspended after making inflammatory remarks where she openly wished for Trump supporters to die from the current coronavirus pandemic before the election as political divisions become more entrenched as the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections roll around the corner.
Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, acknowledged their Biology Department’s staff member’s “overtly political statement” that grabbed headlines when a student captured the assistant professor’s statement and posted the footage on social media–where it garnered significant attention, according to The Daily Mail.
Marshall University released the following statement on Friday, via WOWKTV:
“Marshall University this morning announced it is aware of an overtly political statement made by a faculty member in a recent virtual classroom session and widely circulated on social media. The University does not support or condone the use of any of its educational platforms to [b]elittle people or wish harm on those who hold differeing [sic] political views. The professor was removed from the classroom yesterday and is on administrative leave, pending an investigation. there will be no further comment on this personnel matter at this time.”