{"id":2486229,"date":"2025-09-13T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-who-celebrated-charlie-kirk-assassination-are-being-fired-at-a-rapid-rate\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:43:55","slug":"leftists-who-celebrated-charlie-kirk-assassination-are-being-fired-at-a-rapid-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-who-celebrated-charlie-kirk-assassination-are-being-fired-at-a-rapid-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Assassination Are Being Fired At a Rapid Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-who-celebrated-charlie-kirk-assassination-are-being-fired-at-a-rapid-rate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-team-trolls-the-left-with-merch-fauci-can-pound-sand\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Team Trolls the ... with Merch: &#039;Fauci Can Pound Sand&#039;\">left-wing individuals<\/a> who expressed approval or celebration of the recent assassination attempt against conservative commentator Charlie Kirk are facing repercussions, including job terminations, suspensions, and public exposure. Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot in the neck during an event at Utah Valley University, with a suspect in custody and motives under inquiry. Several teachers, a professor, and other professionals have been publicly identified for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >making inflammatory posts celebrating<\/a> or showing a lack of sympathy for Kirk, leading to disciplinary actions or firings. Conservative social media accounts and activists are actively documenting and publicizing these incidents.Media outlets like Time have covered the consequences faced by those deemed offensive for their comments, which range from educators to media personalities and sports officials.The article emphasizes that while such speech may be protected as free expression,employers are within their rights to terminate employees whose public behavior damages their reputation. It also warns that the level of hatred and division in America is escalating, with concerns that the situation may worsen before improving.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leftists who celebrated the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk are facing serious consequences, with some getting fired from their jobs without ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Others are being identified and called out, then placed on leave or suspension, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParkerThayer\/status\/1966199376247926941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a running thread that&rsquo;s keeping count on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 31, was the co-founder of Turning Point USA and was horrifically shot in the neck on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University. Police currently have a suspect named Tyler Robinson, 22, in custody and are still examining his motive.<\/p>\n<p>The popular conservative social media account Libs of TikTok has been dedicated to exposing far-left radicals since its inception. The group has been doing a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to pointing out how much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirk-warned-america-ticking-time-bomb-leftist-violence-5-months-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence<\/a> and hate are still brewing on the left regarding Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Samantha Marengo, a teacher at King Elementary School posted a video online appearing to CELEBRATE Charlie Kirk being ass*ssinated. THIS person teaches YOUR children. Any comment @framinghamps?&rdquo; one post read.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Samantha Marengo, a teacher at King Elementary School posted a video online appearing to CELEBRATE Charlie Kirk being ass*ssinated.<\/p>\n<p>THIS person teaches YOUR children.<\/p>\n<p>Any comment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/framinghamps?\">@framinghamps<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D2vDDGwvyp\">pic.twitter.com\/D2vDDGwvyp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1965954693601047022?\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another post said, &ldquo;AnneMarie Donahue, a teacher at Wachusett Regional High School (@WachusettReg) in MA, posted on her IG saying &lsquo;We&rsquo;re NOT offering sympathy&rsquo; moments after Charlie Kirk was shot. Evil. Any comment @wachusettreg?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AnneMarie Donahue, a teacher at Wachusett Regional High School (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WachusettReg?\">@WachusettReg<\/a>) in MA, posted on her IG saying &ldquo;We&rsquo;re NOT offering sympathy&rdquo; moments after Charlie Kirk was shot.<\/p>\n<p>Evil.<\/p>\n<p>Any comment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WachusettReg?\">@wachusettreg<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J6OnmPurHu\">pic.twitter.com\/J6OnmPurHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1965886011470393698?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican activist Scott Presler is also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1965910083982053735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creating<\/a> a database of such behavior and encouraging his followers to send him any examples they see online.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Another Pennsylvania teacher? Meet Susan Binder of Cocalico High School,&rdquo; one of Presler&rsquo;s posts on X read. &ldquo;&lsquo;So yeah, I don&rsquo;t really care that someone shot him dead.&rsquo; &lsquo;F*ck him.&rsquo; Susan is living amongst us &mdash; this is how she feels about us. Her is now deleted. Denver, Pennsylvania (Lancaster).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another Pennsylvania teacher?<\/p>\n<p>Meet Susan Binder of Cocalico High School.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So yeah, I don&rsquo;t really care that someone shot him dead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;F*ck him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Susan is living amongst us &mdash; this is how she feels about us.<\/p>\n<p>Her is now deleted.<\/p>\n<p>&#128205;Denver, Pennsylvania (Lancaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8iETDnukRY\">pic.twitter.com\/8iETDnukRY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1966536066128597149?\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A professor in Utah? Meet Wendell Nielson,&rdquo; Presler continued. &ldquo;Posted on September 10th &mdash; the day of the assassination. &lsquo;Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause [of the violence].&rsquo; Utah Valley University. Salt Lake Community College.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A professor in Utah?<\/p>\n<p>Meet Wendell Nielson.<\/p>\n<p>Posted on September 10th &mdash; the day of the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause [of the violence].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#128205;Utah Valley University<br \/> &#128205;Salt Lake Community College <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5H1wOT5Sku\">pic.twitter.com\/5H1wOT5Sku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1966714607289901373?\">September 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Time published an <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7316628\/charlie-kirk-death-celebrations-social-media-consequences-fired-immigrants-deport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> on Friday entitled &ldquo;From Firings to the Threat of Deportation: Commenters Deemed Offensive After Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Death Face Consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They story highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-msnbc-talking-head-made-despicable-charlie-kirk-comments-network-caved-right-wing-media-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firing of Matthew Dowd<\/a> by MSNBC for his horribly absurd comments about Kirk&rsquo;s death along with several other examples, from teachers, to sports writers, and even writers for DC Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn called attention to an assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University and got her fired for having &ldquo;zero sympathy&rdquo; by suggesting Kirk had it coming, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/09\/11\/middle-tennessee-state-university-dean-fired-charlie-kirk-post\/86091209007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>A Virginia anesthesiologist lost her job for an &ldquo;inappropriate&rdquo; post related to Kirk once her hospital discovered it on Thursday morning, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/hospital-fires-healthcare-worker-controversial-charlie-kirk-social-media-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the NFL&rsquo;s Carolina Panthers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-communications-director-fired-inappropriate-comments-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired a member<\/a> of the team&rsquo;s communications department for his &ldquo;insensitive&rdquo; post on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few examples of the hate &mdash; and the consequences &mdash; of celebrating the bloody assassination of a young husband and father, who was simply sharing his political points of view.<\/p>\n<p>If you stoke division like this through anger, loathing, and resentment, it simply cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>If conservatives celebrated the death of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-blm-bail-fund-is-freeing-heinous-criminals-in-kentucky-now-the-gop-has-a-plan-to-stop-it\/\" title=\"A BLM Bail Fund Is Freeing Heinous Criminals in Kentucky. Now, the GOP Has a Plan To Stop It.\">prominent liberal activist<\/a> and encouraged more murder, people would call the police to send SWAT teams after them.<\/p>\n<p>There would be calls for their imprisonment, and prosecutors would be waiting in the wings to file hate crime charges.<\/p>\n<p>Losing your job probably isn&rsquo;t the worst thing that can happen to you.<\/p>\n<p>Some may argue it&rsquo;s protected free speech &mdash; and at the end of the day &mdash; it is. Employers, however, are allowed to terminate employees if their public behavior reflects badly on them. This certainly seems to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>And forget about the threat of losing your job. They never should have posted these things out of basic human decency. That sentiment, however, is in very short supply on the left these days.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the hate to grow as more people get fired, and for things in America to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-secret-service-agent-appears-compromised-wake-kirk-murder-alarming-posts-allegedly-inside-agency-coming-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much worse<\/a>&nbsp;before they get better.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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