On Wednesday, FOX News' Ann Coulter jokingly called for fellow Republican Meghan McCain's murder in a post on the Fox Nation website. This post has since been removed, but Coulter feels like she did not do anything wrong. Obviously, Meghan McCain was extremely offended and took to Twitter in reaction to the joke. Her mother, Cindy McCain also commented on Twitter about the facetious comment.
Here is the since-removed blog post on Fox Nation from Coulter (entitled "Liberals Go Crazy for the Mentally Ill"):
"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!)"
Here are the Twitter posts be the McCain ladies in response to the above statement from Coulter:
Apparently Ann Coulter made a joke about me being killed in a recent column. I should expect nothing less but disgusted regardless.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) April 11, 2013
My father is a very famous politician. My family gets a lot of threats. Joking about me being killed really isn't funny or appropriate. — Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) April 11, 2013
Ann Coulter have one of your family members threatened. See how you feel!. Apparently Ann Coulter (cont) tl.gd/lhbufq
— Cindy McCain (@cindymccain) April 11, 2013
Meghan McCain also wrote:
"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."
Here is a video clip of Ann Coulter defending her statement: