Teacher's Limbaugh Cancer Tweet Gets Him Suspended

High school teacher said he hopes the conservative radio host dies painfully
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 6, 2020 3:47 PM CST
Teacher on Leave After Rush Limbaugh Cancer Tweet
Rush Limbaugh reacts as first Lady Melania Trump, and his wife Kathryn, applaud, as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.   (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Rush Limbaugh tends to inspire either love or hate, and for one Milwaukee teacher, it's apparently the latter. After the right-wing radio host revealed his lung cancer diagnosis, high school English teacher Travis Sarandos tweeted, "limbaugh absolutely should have to suffer from cancer. it's awesome that he's dying, and hopefully it is as quick as it is painful." Another conservative radio host, Mark Belling, drew attention to the tweet in a blog Tuesday. Milwaukee High School of the Arts placed Sarandos, who has since deleted his Twitter account, on leave the following day, USA Today reports. (More Rush Limbaugh stories.)

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