A BBC radio host declared that President Biden should use the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling as an excuse to murder Donald Trump.
In a since deleted tweet, BBC Radio 4 “Briefing Room” host David Aaronovitch wrote on X, “If I was Biden I’d hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America’s security #SCOTUS.”
Infowars.com reports: The remark sparked backlash on social media, with Aaronovitch spending the next hour explaining why it was satirical, and telling one user accusing him of suffering Trump Derangement Syndrome his post was in reference to the Supreme Court ruling.
Did you see the Supreme Court ruling Jack? Or were you too busy with your head up Nigel Farage's derriere?
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) July 1, 2024
Within an hour, Aaronovitch proceeded to delete the post, claiming he was angry people didn’t get the “joke” about assassinating a former US president.
There’s now a far right pile on suggesting that my tweet about the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity is an incitement to violence when it’s plainly a satire. So I’m deleting it. If nothing else though it’s given me a map of some the daftest people on this site.
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) July 1, 2024
“There is now a far right pile-on suggesting that my tweet about the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity is an incitement to violence when it’s plainly a satire. So I’m deleting it. If nothing else though it’s given me a map of some of the daftest people on this site,” he claimed, adding, “Note by the way that not one of them has a problem with the ruling itself.”
The BBC did not appear to have issued a statement addressing Aaronovitch’s as of writing.
The BBC presenter’s unhinged post came as a cacophony of leftists on social media reacted to SCOTUS’ decision by calling on Joe Biden to order an assassination on former President Donald Trump, arguing he’d be immune from prosecution if it was an “official” act.
