Supreme obit twit slammed

A senior Vox correspondent has faced backlash after he tweeted and then deleted a scathing, prewritten obituary of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito — with critics accusing him of being “sick” and “trying to inspire someone to murder a Supreme Court justice.”

Ian Millhiser, who covers the Supreme Court for Vox, tweeted the critical tribute to Alito Tuesday morning, explaining, “August is a slow month so I’m spending my morning updating some of my prewritten obituaries,” Mediaite reported.

He went on to say that “Samuel Alito, who died on XXXX, was not devoid of any positive traits” and was “a highly effective advocate for conservative causes.”

Millhiser’s obituary of the very-much-alive conservative justice sparked outrage on Twitter, with Townhall columnist Derek Hunter labeling the Vox correspondent a “sick f--ker” and accusing him of “trying to inspire someone to murder a Supreme Court justice.”

It is a common practice among journalists to compose obituaries for public figures in advance, and then hold them for publication until the subject’s death, but it’s unclear why Millhiser decided to share Alito’s.