The New York Times is under fire after terminating an editor who had tweeted that she had “chills” after watching Joe Biden’s plane land as he arrived in the Washington, D.C., area for his inauguration as president.Lauren Wolfe, who according to friends is queer, had been a freelance editor for the Times, responsible primarily for editing stories on the Times home page related to the COVID-19 pandemic, journalist Yashar Ali tweeted Thursday.Wolfe had tweeted the “chills” comment along with a photo of Biden’s plane arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, just outside D.C.
She had also criticized Donald Trump’s administration for “pettiness” in not providing a plane for the incoming president, but she deleted that tweet “when she learned.