American Workers From Airline Pilots to Teachers Are Fired After Mocking Charlie Kirk's Assassination
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American Workers From Airline Pilots to Teachers Are Fired After Mocking Charlie Kirk's Assassination
American workers across multiple industries, from airline pilots to cable news pundits and public school teachers, are losing their jobs after mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder who was fatally shot at a university in Utah on September 10th. One fired worker describes losing not just a job but a piece of his identity after posting that he didn't care about Kirk's death, while companies including American Airlines and Delta Airlines have grounded or suspended employees over social media posts. Elected officials including Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Nancy Mace publicly called for specific employees to be fired over posts celebrating the shooting, and MSNBC parted ways with an analyst who suggested Kirk's own words contributed to his death. The story also traces an organized effort behind some of the firings, including an anonymous doxing website that collected tens of thousands of submissions, and individual online users who take it upon themselves to report people directly to their employers.
One worker describes being fired after posting a video saying he didn't care about Charlie Kirk's death, explaining that the job wasn't just a paycheck but something closely tied to his sense of identity and career.
Airlines Take Action
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that American Airlines pilots caught celebrating the assassination were immediately grounded and removed from service. Delta Airlines also suspended a number of employees after social media posts the company said went well beyond healthy, respectful debate.
Elected Officials Call for Firings
Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee publicly called for the firing of a Middle Tennessee State University employee who wrote online that Kirk had spoken his fate into existence and expressed zero sympathy for his death; the university confirmed the employee was fired effective immediately. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina similarly called for the firing of a public school teacher who posted that America became greater after the assassination, and the school district later confirmed the teacher was no longer employed.
A Cable News Firing
MSNBC parted ways with analyst Matthew Dowd after he suggested on air, shortly after the shooting, that Kirk's own words may have contributed to violent actions being taken against him.
A Refused Print Job
An Office Depot employee at a Michigan store was fired after allegedly refusing to print flyers about Charlie Kirk for a customer, with the company calling the incident completely unacceptable and insensitive.
An Organized Effort Behind the Firings
The wave of firings appears to be partly driven by a coordinated online effort, including an anonymously registered doxing site called Exposed Charlie's Murderers, which reportedly collected nearly 30,000 submissions before going offline. Separately, individuals such as Quinn Pratt describe actively searching for people mocking Kirk's death online and reporting them directly to their employers.
