Teachers, firefighters, elected officials, and media personalities are facing serious consequences across the United States after making social media posts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The widespread disciplinary actions come less than 24 hours after Kirk was fatally shot at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.
School employees in Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Mississippi, and Ohio are all under investigation for their social media comments following Kirk’s death. Several have already lost their jobs, including a South Carolina teacher who was fired for posting “Thoughts and prayers to his children but IMHO America became greater today. There I said it.”
