HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University announced Friday that it’s put a professor on administrative leave after an overtly political statement made during a recent virtual classroom session.
Marshall does not identify the faculty member but a widely circulating video on social media shows College of Science Assistant Professor Jennifer Mosher apparently talking about supporters of President Donald Trump not following COVID-19 guidelines.
“I’ve become the type of person where I hope they all get it and die,” Mosher said. “I’m sorry. I am so frustrated…I just don’t know what else to do.”
The beginning of the video shows Mosher making some comments about those attending Trump rallies not wearing masks.
“You can’t argue with them. You can’t talk sense into them. I said to somebody yesterday, ‘I hope they all die before the election.’ That’s the only saving hope I have right now,” Mosher said.
The video then shows Mosher, an assistant professor in Biological Sciences, trying to move on to other topics.
“Definitely bootlickers. Anyhow, okay, I’m going to stop talking about politics because I really should not be talking politics in here,” Mosher said.
Marshall University said in its statement:
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