Journalist: ‘I Sincerely, Genuinely Hope That Arizona Senator John McCain’s Heart Stops Beating’

A writer at Medium.com wishes death upon Senator John McCain in an article published Monday.

“A study by the Journal of Patient Safety says that somewhere between 210,000 and 440,000 patients die every year as a result of medical errors,” Caitlin Johnstone writes. “If there was a God, murderous warmongering neocon John McCain would have been one of them.”

The 80-year-old Arizona senator recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot located above his left eye in the brain.

Johnstone cites the former prisoner of war’s support of various military actions to justify her position. Johnstone calls herself a “rogue journalist” and names “love, whimsy, fun, laughter, singing, swimming, music, healing, food, art, [and] dancing like a fool as her interests on her Facebook page.

Medium.com, launched by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, describes itself as the “home to unique ideas from the world’s smart minds.”

“If you’re waiting for the part where I say I’m just kidding and would never wish death on anybody, please allow me to make myself clear: I sincerely, genuinely hope that Arizona Senator John McCain’s heart stops beating, and that he is subsequently declared dead by qualified medical professionals very soon,” she writes. “I don’t wish him a painful death, I don’t wish him a slow death, I don’t wish him an unnatural or violent death; I only wish that he becomes incapable of facilitating the merciless slaughter of any more human beings.”