The Babylon Bee – the satirical news site under fire for its unceremonious, public firing of New York Young Republican President Gavin Wax – has finally actually sent Wax his termination papers, The National Pulse understands.
Almost a week after Bee founder Seth Dillon took to Twitter to sack Wax over what appears to be his support for Donald Trump (Dillon and the Bee are DeSantis supporters and have done business with the Florida Governor), the site notified Wax. But there’s a catch.
On a long live stream on Twitter Spaces last weekend, Dillon insisted that Wax was effectively terminated for cause – citing his tweets, vulgar language (he said “fuck”), and his work output. But as Wax explained over the course of the week: not once had anyone from the Bee complained about his work, and in fact, the company had tried to enter into a revenue share agreement with the New York man.
Now, a copy of Wax’s termination letter seen by The National Pulse fails to cite cause, and even establishes that Wax is eligible for NY unemployment benefits. But here’s the kicker. You don’t get unemployment benefits in New York if you’re terminated for cause, including “insubordination”.
So here’s the “free speech” Babylon Bee, publicly firing someone for their politics and their language, defaming and disparaging a staff member who hadn’t yet even been formally terminated. It’s a very bad look. And potentially an extremely costly one.