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Fox News site pulls Ann Coulter post calling for Meghan McCain's murder
April 11, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
By Tim MolloyTheWrap
Fox News' Fox Nation site has pulled a post in which Ann Coulter jokingly called for Meghan McCain to be murdered.
The conservative writer facetiously recommended the murder in a post Wednesday. Fox News did not immediately respond to an inquiry from TheWrap about the posting's removal or whether it was vetted before posting.
"MSNBC's Martin Bashir suggested that Republican senators need to have a member of their families killed for them to support the Democrats' gun proposals. (Let's start with Meghan McCain!)" Coulter wrote.
As New York magazine's Daily Intelligencer noted, Bashir didn't actually call for anyone to be killed. But that contention was quickly overshadowed by the comment about McCain, a past critic of Coulter.
McCain took to Twitter early Thursday to respond to Coulter.
"Apparently Ann Coulter made a joke about me being killed in a recent column. I should expect nothing less, but disgusted regardless," she wrote in one tweet.
She later added: "A little perspective this morning. People like Ann Coulter are part of the past and only live to spread hate and negativity. I literally couldn't imagine living a life that seems so void of love, compassion and perspective. Basically I get to wake up every day wanting to make this world a better place and people like her want to make it a worse place. I feel blessed to have not grown to be a person like that."
Meghan McCain's mother, Cindy McCain, added, "Ann Coulter, have one of your family members threatened. See how you feel!"
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