S.C. rep says local teachers should be fired for speaking out against Charlie Kirk

Backlash is growing for educators who shared their thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s death, and a South Carolina congressman says local teachers should be fired for negative comments.

Viewers have shared screenshots of educators calling Kirk a white supremacist, and some viewers say they feel teachers used insensitive language when talking about Kirk’s assassination on Facebook.

Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot and killed last week during an event at a college campus in Utah. The suspected killer is in custody for aggravated murder and other charges.

Clemson University asked South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson to weigh in on what should happen in situations like this. The attorney general cleared the way for the university to fire three employees.

Rep. Ralph Norman said he agreed with the firings.

“I don’t think it should have took them a week to make that decision,” Norman said.

One teacher at Buford High School is under investigation for calling Kirk a white supremacist.

Norman says the same thing that happened at Clemson should happen to the Lancaster County Schools employee.

“People who are paid with our tax dollars, they ought to lose their job. They’re supposed to educate, not indoctrinate,” Norman said.

Wilson said Clemson’s decision to terminate professors won’t be prosecuted in the criminal courts of the state.

Lancaster County School leaders told Channel 9’s Tina Terry that the employee involved in the incident was placed on leave while the matter is reviewed.

The Buford High School employee didn’t want to give a comment to Channel 9.

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