Nurse who made shock comments about Trump shooting is suspended - as wave of investigations are launched

A caregiver astatine a taxpayer-funded New York City hospital has been suspended aft she implied she was disappointed that Donald Trump wasn't assassinated.

Janiece Binns, who useful astatine New York Presbyterian, a aesculapian halfway utilized by Columbia and Cornell universities, said successful an online station conscionable hours aft nan onslaught occurred: 'Like, bro. Work connected your skills.'

Binns, who is pictured connected societal media wearing an LGBT face disguise and has shared pro-Palestine content, shared a station connected her Instagram Story that called Trump's would-be assassin 'the astir hated c*** connected nan planet' for missing.

A spokesperson for New York Presbyterian told DailyMail.com Binns had been suspended while nan infirmary launches an investigation. Her comments sparked a furious backlash online by group who said it violated healthcare workers' oath to 'do nary harm'.

It comes arsenic respective assemblage staff, healthcare workers and different professionals are investigated complete akin comments mocking Trump aliases endorsing nan shooting.

A spokesperson for New York Presbyterian told this website: 'This individual has been placed disconnected work while this matter is investigated.

'Our values are centered astir respect and caring for each of our patients, colleagues and communities. 

'Words, images aliases actions that advocate, observe aliases amplify unit are successful usurpation of our policies, and will not beryllium tolerated.'

Her comments had sparked a furious backlash online against nan hospital, pinch galore demanding she beryllium removed from her post.

One personification said: 'Imagine receiving attraction from a female who wishes you were dormant if you ballot otherwise than she does. That blows my mind aft moving pinch truthful galore awesome nurses.'

And a 2nd said: 'Can you ideate what she would do to a diligent if she recovered retired they were a Trump supporter? She should not beryllium successful a position to attraction for group erstwhile a quality life intends truthful small to her. Do better.'

Nurses are required to beryllium impartial successful their occupation and to dainty each patients equally.

The American Nurses Association, which upholds standards for nan profession, says online arsenic portion of their ethical code: 'Justice successful nursing relates to impartiality regarding a patient's age, ethnicity, economical status, religion, aliases intersexual orientation.'

Patrick Brown, from nan Ethics and Public Policy Center successful Washington D.C., said: 'This benignant of sentiment is abhorrent. It should beryllium beyond nan ray for immoderate of america to wish for nan decease of different quality being.

'That particularly goes for personification successful nan healthcare profession, arsenic you return an oathe to sphere life. That is simply a occupation we should person profound spot in, alternatively than being a spot for hate.'

New York Presbyterian is 1 of nan biggest infirmary systems successful New York City, pinch 2,600 beds and treating an estimated 300,000 patients each year.

It besides has a nurse unit, which delivers an estimated 15,000 babies each year. 

Binns shared her comments connected Instagram, which were past re-shared online pinch her employer tagged successful them — sparking contiguous backlash.

She has since deactivated her societal media accounts and could not beryllium reached by DailyMail.com for comment.

In different case, a organization head successful Pennsylvania has been suspended aft besides saying he was disappointed that nan Trump shooter missed.

Rick Notari useful for Lackawanna County — which covers Scranton — successful nan state, and wrote connected X, formerly Twitter, that it was 'a shame nan feline missed'.

Announcing his suspension, section commissioner Bill Gaughan said: 'Political unit is unacceptable and must beryllium condemned.

'The effort connected President Trump's life is simply a calamity for nan country, and we subordinate President Biden and millions of different Americans successful wishing President Trump a speedy and afloat recovery.'

Other healthcare professionals person besides taken to societal media to definitive their disappointment complete nan shooter not hitting Trump.

Thomas O'Donoghue, who useful astatine Lee Health aesculapian halfway successful Florida, said connected X, formerly Twitter: 'It's a shame he missed.'

It was successful consequence to a station from Donald Trump Jr., who posted a clip from CNN calling nan news supplier a disgrace.

O'Donoghue is simply a respiratory therapist, who helps patients study to respire decently aft wounded aliases illness.

One spectator wrote online successful response: 'He's successful a position to find whether group unrecorded aliases dice and that makes maine very, very angry that he's this consenting to aerial this view.'

O'Donoghue has since deleted his posts and societal media accounts. 

In different case, a laboratory adjunct astatine OSF healthcare successful Illinois besides said: 'It's a shame they missed.'

The individual was Ryne Arnett, who later shared a 2nd station claiming that he had been hacked that led to nan post. He did not supply immoderate grounds to backmost up nan claim.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to their employers for comment. 

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