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‘Good riddance’: Controversial posts by teachers celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination surface
After Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University, a few teachers in different states sparked outrage with online posts celebrating his death.
After Charlie Kirk was assassinated, a few teachers in different states posted controversial messages online celebrating his death.
For many, the posts showed the type of political activism in schools that Kirk and Turning Point USA had spoken against, according to New York Post.
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One example came from a special education teacher at King Elementary School in Framingham, Massachusetts. Samantha Marengo posted a video of herself singing “God Bless America” while smiling in front of a TV showing breaking news of Kirk’s assassination. The video, which has since been deleted, was preserved by Libs of TikTok with the caption, “THIS person teaches YOUR children.”
In Naples, New York, another public school teacher allegedly called Kirk an “aspiring Goebbels” on Facebook and wrote “Good riddance to bad garbage.”
Charlie Kirk was shot once in the neck and died in the hospital. The shooter ran from the scene and was still at large Thursday evening. The FBI released photos of the suspect, who they said appears to be college-age.
Teacher Kristen Eve called Charlie Kirk 'garbage'
At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, department of defense education activity teacher Kristen Eve reportedly wrote on Facebook, “He was a garbage human being. I won’t mourn him for one second,” followed by, “We are at a point where things are going to have to get ugly, get messy, maybe even get violent, to change this dumpster fire of a country.” She also added, “Voting is NOT ENOUGH,” “f—k the high road,” and “f—k that guy.”
Comments from other teachers
By Thursday, school officials began to respond. In Greenville, South Carolina, social studies teacher Wynne Boliek wrote “America became better today. There I said it.” He was fired, with the school district confirming his dismissal.
In Iowa, Oskaloosa High School said it was “taking steps consistent with district policy” after art teacher Matthew Kargol allegedly posted “1 Nazi down.”
Even a math and religion teacher at St. Josaphat Catholic School in Chicago allegedly posted that Kirk was a “victim of his own philosophy” and added a sarcastic “Thoughts and prayers.”
