NEW INTERVIEW: Nurse Suspended for Charlie Kirk Support Speaks Out!

[00:00] Lexi Kendzel.

[00:03] She's an amazing woman. She was uh in

[00:06] front of a nurs's station. She's a

[00:08] nurse. There were eight nurses there and

[00:10] a patient. And a doctor walks up and

[00:13] they're talking about the assassination

[00:15] of Charlie Kirk that day. And he said,

[00:18] "Oh, I hate Charlie Kirk. He had it

[00:20] coming. He deserved it."

[00:23] Now, Lexi, she's a registered nurse. She

[00:26] was the only one that spoke up.

[00:29] She said, "You're a doctor. How could

[00:32] you say somebody deserved to die?"

[00:36] She said that you could hear a pin drop.

[00:38] Nobody said anything. Even the patient

[00:41] was just kind of like, "I don't know

[00:43] what to say."

[00:45] She reports the incident to management.

[00:48] Then she gets home. She posts about this

[00:50] and the doctor on her private Instagram.

[00:53] And just about an hour later, she gets a

[00:57] um a phone call from her union

[00:59] representative saying she needs to look

[01:01] for another job. And then she was pulled

[01:03] into a meeting at the hospital and she

[01:05] was suspended without pay pending an

[01:08] investigation.

[01:10] Now, she does not want to come on and

[01:12] talk about the hospital or, you know, by

[01:15] name or the doctor or anything else by

[01:17] name. And I highly recommend that uh as

[01:20] well cuz she's already having to spend a

[01:24] lot of her own money, I'm sure, on

[01:26] litigation and uh just trying to keep

[01:28] her head above water. But she's been a

[01:29] nurse trained at the Catholic University

[01:31] of America for been a nurse for 10 years

[01:34] and she joins us now. Lexi, thank you

[01:37] for your courage.

[01:40] >> Thank you, Glenn. Um thank you for

[01:42] having me. This is um this is amazing to

[01:46] uh be able to have this platform right

[01:47] now.

[01:49] >> So tell me the story. I mean beyond what

[01:53] we just heard, what was the p was the

[01:57] was the patient checking out on in a

[01:59] wheelchair? Why is the patient at the

[02:01] nurse's station and and how did this

[02:03] come about? Was this that patient's

[02:06] doctor?

[02:08] >> So I don't even know. I actually didn't

[02:10] even know who this doctor was. I've

[02:13] never even seen him. Um nor did I know

[02:16] his name. I didn't even know he was a

[02:18] doctor. And this was um in an endoscopy

[02:21] area. So the patient had just come out

[02:25] um from a procedure. And they were it's

[02:27] a very it's an interesting setup. So

[02:29] there's stretches all along. You have

[02:31] the nurses taking care. There's no

[02:33] rooms. So the nurses station is directly

[02:36] in front of a lineup of of structures

[02:39] with patients on them.

[02:42] >> So when you heard this, I mean because

[02:44] this this is what we went through with

[02:46] COVID where doctors were actually

[02:49] saying, you know, if you don't have the

[02:50] vaccine, I'm not going to treat you. Um

[02:53] all of a sudden, if you don't agree with

[02:55] the vaccine, I'm not going to treat you

[02:57] deserve to die. This is so far away from

[03:00] the hypocratic oath, which I don't even

[03:02] know. Do they have to take that oath

[03:04] anymore? Cuz it doesn't seem like it

[03:06] really exists.

[03:07] >> Nurses, you know, we have we have it

[03:11] too. I mean, there's a set of standards

[03:13] that you're obligated to stand by. And I

[03:17] dealt with it during COVID as well as a

[03:19] nurse. I refused to get that vaccine. I

[03:24] didn't feel comfortable. I didn't want

[03:25] it. And I I had to, you know, I I was

[03:30] sitting there for a month

[03:33] waiting for my termination letter. You

[03:35] know, I said, "Well, what what's going

[03:36] to happen to me if I don't get this

[03:38] vaccine?" And they said, "You'll be

[03:39] terminated." I said, "Okay, you know

[03:41] what? I'll wait for my letter." And on

[03:43] that day, it was in October. I remember

[03:45] I waited and waited for this letter to

[03:47] be fired. And you know, I get a call

[03:50] like, "Oh, well, you know, you can um

[03:54] apply for a religious exemption." And

[03:56] I'm like, "What do you mean? I I've

[03:59] never even heard of this before. And why

[04:01] are you telling me now after making me

[04:04] sit there for so long thinking I'm going

[04:07] to be fired?" It was like they were

[04:10] coercing me to get this vaccine.

[04:14] So when you saw him say that, it must

[04:17] have been a rush back to that kind of

[04:20] time.

[04:22] >> Exactly. I mean, exactly. I was I didn't

[04:25] even think twice about what was coming

[04:28] out of my mouth. I just couldn't believe

[04:30] it. I just kept saying like, you're a

[04:32] phys you're a doctor. You're a

[04:34] physician. I mean, what if a patient

[04:37] comes into the hospital and, you know,

[04:40] they're wearing, you know, a Charlie

[04:42] Kirk shirt or any type of shirt that the

[04:45] doctor does not agree with? You know,

[04:47] now we raised the question, is this

[04:50] patient going to be treated the same?

[04:53] >> Uh, I have to tell you, I've I've had to

[04:55] go to the hospital, etc. in New York

[04:57] City and I've had that very thought

[05:00] because you know I don't what am I

[05:02] wearing a t-shirt of me? Uh you know

[05:05] it's pretty obvious who I am and I

[05:07] thought of that and I I often think of

[05:10] what Reagan said after he was shot. He's

[05:12] on the table. He's almost dead. I mean

[05:15] they almost killed him. He's on the

[05:17] table and right as they're putting him

[05:19] under he says, "Hang on just a second.

[05:22] I'm assuming all of you are

[05:24] Republicans." And the Democrat said, the

[05:26] doc, the main doctor said, "Sir, we are

[05:28] all Republicans today."

[05:31] That is the way we should be. I'm not

[05:34] asking you to I'm just asking you, will

[05:36] you treat me like a human being or

[05:38] because you politically differ from me,

[05:41] am I less than a human being? Am I less

[05:44] of an important patient to you because

[05:46] of my political stance?

[05:49] >> Exactly. This is way beyond politics.

[05:52] This is just

[05:54] it's unbelievable. I mean, you should

[05:57] not be treated differently because of

[06:00] any of any type of view that you have.

[06:04] >> So, can you tell me what happened

[06:06] without getting into names, what

[06:08] happened to you and then what happened

[06:09] to the doctor and where does this all

[06:11] stand?

[06:13] So, I, you know, as you all know, I was

[06:16] pulled into that. Um, well, I'll I'll

[06:19] back it up to when I posted this on my

[06:21] private Instagram. Um, went home, I

[06:24] posted it. I got a call from my manager,

[06:26] who is wonderful, by the way. Um, she

[06:28] said, "You know what? You got to take

[06:30] the angle with part down." I said,

[06:32] "That, you know, I I'm standing on, you

[06:34] know, what I posted, but I I will

[06:36] certainly take the hospital's name out

[06:38] of it." So, an hour later, I took that

[06:40] down and um reposted without Angel with

[06:44] the name on it.

[06:46] And then the next day, I get pulled into

[06:48] the meeting and I gave them my story

[06:51] about what happened. At the end of that

[06:54] meeting, they told me I was suspended

[06:56] without pay. And they told me that it

[07:00] was really just standard procedure and

[07:02] they just need to look into it. It

[07:04] didn't seem too serious at that point. I

[07:07] felt okay leaving the hospital like you

[07:10] know I don't really know what's going to

[07:11] happen but they told me to just relax

[07:13] and and this is just standard. I said

[07:16] okay.

[07:16] >> Did they do did they do that to the

[07:18] doctor?

[07:20] >> So I did ask that at the end of the

[07:22] meeting as well. I said so is he getting

[07:24] the same treatment as I am? And they

[07:26] told me we can't speak on it.

[07:29] >> Okay.

[07:30] >> So who knows? I mean, I don't know

[07:33] really anything that went down on his

[07:36] part. Um, the next day I I get an email

[07:40] from my union rep, which but who was in

[07:44] the meeting with me as well. Um, and you

[07:47] know, it's it's public. You can you can

[07:50] read it for yourself. It says he should

[07:52] start looking for another job. So that

[07:54] to me is like, okay, so is this person,

[07:57] did she get a little tip from the

[07:58] hospital that this is how it's going to

[08:00] go? Because this is unacceptable. I

[08:02] mean, this person's supposed to be on my

[08:04] side and and I don't even know how this

[08:09] is helping me at at any point to just

[08:11] tell me

[08:12] >> to look for another job. And you and you

[08:15] wonder too because it's a union, you

[08:18] wonder if that union like the teachers

[08:20] union is on your side or they're

[08:22] actually for, you know, freedom of

[08:24] speech for everybody and and neutral or

[08:27] if they have a political bent to them. I

[08:28] would imagine that's what I would think.

[08:31] >> Exactly. That's exactly what I thought.

[08:33] I mean, I'm not I'm not stupid.

[08:36] >> Yeah. Yeah. Um, do you can do do you

[08:39] know what happened to the doctor since I

[08:42] because I've heard the doctor doesn't

[08:43] have a job now and you do have a job at

[08:45] the hospital.

[08:46] >> Yes. So, they offered me my they said,

[08:49] you know, we'll lift the suspension and

[08:52] that doctor has resigned.

[08:55] Um,

[08:57] and that's really all that I know.

[09:00] >> Okay. Um, well, that's that's at least a

[09:04] somewhat of a happy um ending. uh to

[09:08] this. Um I I am so proud of you and so

[09:14] pleased to be able to say good job. Um I

[09:17] mean that took real guts. You I mean you

[09:19] already you already did your first tour

[09:22] of duty uh on COVID and now you do a

[09:26] second. Was it easier to do it the

[09:28] second time or harder?

[09:31] >> I have to say I think this one was

[09:34] definitely harder. Um,

[09:39] you know, it's it blew up overnight and

[09:42] it became very public and it makes you

[09:46] think, you know, had this not been so

[09:48] public,

[09:50] maybe today I I wouldn't have a job as a

[09:53] nurse.

[09:56] >> How are things going with you now at

[09:59] work? Is it back to normal?

[10:03] >> I haven't gone back yet. My first shift

[10:05] back will be on Monday.

[10:08] So, you know, I've had some really good

[10:10] people in my corner. I've um you know, I

[10:14] had Jod Alaui reach out to me. She's um

[10:17] a professional whistle whistleblower and

[10:19] I've had nurses out loud contact me and

[10:23] they've given me some really good

[10:24] advice. I've als I've also had the

[10:26] support of so many co-workers which has

[10:28] been amazing. I mean, I'm obviously I'm

[10:32] very very anxious to go back to work.

[10:35] Um, but I have to go in with my head up

[10:38] and stand on my beliefs and my faith.

[10:41] And I've gotten a message from one of

[10:44] the security guards actually. It was

[10:46] very nice. He said, you know,

[10:48] thank you for speaking out. Just know

[10:51] that you have the staff here is on your

[10:54] side 100%. So, I guess we'll see. um you

[10:59] know, we'll see going back how it is.

[11:01] But

[11:02] >> well, I hope that um you know, the the

[11:05] hospital is continues to be behind you

[11:08] and there's no ramifications

[11:11] uh and that everybody welcomes you with

[11:13] open arms. I cannot imagine how it

[11:15] couldn't. You cannot have doctors or

[11:18] nurses

[11:20] um saying things like that um uh and and

[11:25] and and

[11:26] feeling that way. I mean, if you feel

[11:28] that way, you feel that way, I guess.

[11:30] But I expect you to be professional

[11:32] enough not to say those things, you

[11:35] know, at work in front of patients and

[11:38] front of the nurses. You cannot spread

[11:40] that kind of poison. You your job is to

[11:44] save lives and to look at everyone

[11:47] equally and say, "I don't care who they

[11:50] are, what they believe. That's a human

[11:52] being. It is my job to save them." And

[11:55] you just can't have that kind of poison,

[11:58] you know, with somebody that we trust to

[12:01] take care of us.

[12:03] >> Exactly. I mean, everyone know that's

[12:06] what they teach you in nursing school.

[12:08] You treat everybody the same. I mean,

[12:10] I've had patients who have been in drunk

[12:13] driving accidents who have, you know,

[12:15] harmed other people and and you have and

[12:18] you treat that patient as if it was any

[12:20] other person. You can't let belief

[12:23] >> or thoughts of any type of, you know,

[12:26] discrimination get in the way of

[12:28] treating the patient. That's really what

[12:30] this is about is treating everybody the

[12:33] same

[12:34] >> and with respect.

[12:36] >> Lexi, it's an honor to talk to you.

[12:38] Thank you so much for being on the

[12:39] program. I appreciate it. And you call

[12:40] us if there's a problem. You you call

[12:42] us. All right.

[12:44] >> I will. Thank you so much.

[12:45] >> All right. Thank you, Lexi Kendzel. Uh,

[12:48] by the way, she was raising she a friend

[12:51] actually started to raise money. $500 is

[12:53] what she wanted because she had to file

[12:55] all the paperwork and everything else

[12:57] and know she's got, you know, expenses.

[12:59] Um, and they've already covered that.

[13:01] And when they hit $500, she was like, I

[13:03] want the rest of it to go to TPUSA,

[13:05] anything raised above it. And I think

[13:07] they were at $2500. I looked last night.

[13:10] $2,500. Um, they have a goal of $4,500.

[13:14] And that's easy for this audience to

[13:16] help out. If you're a nurse or a doctor

[13:18] or you just believe, you know, in this,

[13:21] reward her for her courage. She's not

[13:23] going to take the money. It's going to

[13:24] TPS TPUSA, but send her the message. If

[13:27] you're going to give to TPUSA, this

[13:29] might be a good way. Uh, just go to

[13:31] gofundme.com. Nurses for TPUSA. Nurses

[13:34] for TPUSA.