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Right-wing news network Newsmax distanced itself from one of its top reporters Thursday after she tweeted a bizarre false claim about the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it contains a bioluminescent marker that enables tracking.
The network's White House correspondent Emerald Robinson tweeted: "Dear Christians: The vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked. Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends."
She was retweeting someone claiming that the Moderna COVID vaccine contains the substance.
The tweet has since been taken down for violating Twitter's rules, but Daily Beast media reporter Justin Baragona caught a screenshot:
—Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 2, 2021
Robinson was briefly suspended from Twitter for the violation, Newsweek reported.
Newsmax did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. However, in a statement cited by The Hill, CEO Elliot Jacobson said the...
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