The fallout from Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination is now affecting ordinary citizens, with some reportedly losing their jobs over their reactions online. Teachers, journalists, firefighters, politicians, and even a Secret Service staffer have faced consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist and Trump ally, was killed on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. His death sparked bipartisan condemnation, with Donald and Melania Trump offering condolences, and even Barack Obama and Kamala Harris denouncing the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not everyone responded with sympathy. Author Stephen King drew backlash after posting that Kirk had once advocated \u201cstoning gays to death.\u201d The post was deleted after Elon Musk accused him of lying, and King later apologized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a new website called Expose Charlie\u2019s Murderers<\/em> has emerged, naming employees and students accused of supporting \u201cpolitical violence\u201d online. Some listed individuals have already been dismissed from their jobs, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSNBC fired analyst Matthew Dowd after he called Kirk \u201cdivisive\u201d and accused him of fueling a climate of hate. DC Comics canceled writer Gretchen Felker-Martin\u2019s new Red Hood series after she appeared to celebrate Kirk\u2019s death. Other firings included a university staffer in Tennessee, an NFL team communications coordinator, and a Nasdaq strategist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reports suggest up to 60 people may have faced job losses tied to posts about Kirk. Conservative activists are amplifying the campaign. Laura Loomer vowed those who cheered Kirk\u2019s death would see their careers destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congressman Clay Higgins echoed this sentiment, calling for lifetime bans from all platforms for anyone celebrating the killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fallout from Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination is now affecting ordinary citizens, with some reportedly losing their jobs over their reactions online. Teachers, journalists, firefighters, politicians, and even a Secret Service staffer have faced consequences. Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist and Trump ally, was killed on September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. His death…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}