Report those who celebrate the shooting of employers, says Vance

People who celebrate the murder of conservative influential Charlie Kirk should be held accountable, US Vice President JD Vance said.

“Call them and the hell, call their employer,” Vance said as he was visiting an episode of Charlie Kirk’s show. “We do not believe in political violence, but we believe in citizenship.”

Pilots, medical professionals, teachers and one secret service employee are among those who have been suspended or fired for social media publications who are considered unsuitable for Kirk’s death.

Critics say dismissal threatens free speech and employee protection, although US companies have a wide width to terminate employees.

Vance’s comments were broadcast on Monday in an episode of Charlie Kirk’s show, a daily podcast that Kirk hosted before being shot in the neck last Wednesday while hosted a debate at the University of Utah.

He was joined by Deputy Chief of White House Staff Stephen Miller, who swore to dismantle the left-wing “terrorist networks”, which he said were responsible for the murder. Police said the 22-year-old suspect in custody was acting alone.

In the episode, the Vice President said left-wing Americans “are much more faithful to defend and celebrate political violence” and added that “there is no citizenship in the holiday of political murder.”

Recently Yougov poll Found liberal Americans are more likely than conservatives to defend the sense of joy from the death of political opponents.

However poll Conducted by the Institute for the Study of Public Religion in 2023 – when Democrat Joe Biden was in the White House – found that one -third of the Republicans agreed with the statement: “Since things have come so far, real American patriots may have to resort to violence.”

Only 13 percent of the Democrats in the study agreed.

Vance’s remarks come when other Republican MPs in the United States resonate calls for publicly celebrating Kirk’s death to be punished.

“I will ask for their dismissal, protection and deprivation of licenses,” said Florida Congressman Randy Fine in a Sunday publication, as he urged such people to be thrown out of civil society. “

Critics have pointed out previous comments from a fine, including the summoning of Muslim members of the Terrorist Congress and proposing a bill to allow people to manage peaceful protesters who block traffic, an initiative, which he called the “TOPT Act”.

South Carolina Congressman Nancy Mace has called on the Ministry of Education to “detach every penny at every school or university,” which refuses to avenge employees who make insensitive posts for Kirk.

Kirk, a pious Christian, professed views of gender, race and abortion that attracted the reverse reaction of many liberals, especially in the campuses they were touring.

In some cases, those who have undertaken on social media to gloat because of his death or comments after a crime have been fired or put on leave by employers.

Among them is Anthony Pa, an American secret official who wrote on Facebook that Kirk “betrays hatred and racism in his show … At the end of the day, you respond to God and say things.”

He canceled his security permit.

Secret Service Director Sean Kuran wrote in a note to employees that politically motivated attacks are on the rise and members of the protective details should not exacerbate the problem.

“Men and women from the secret service should be focused on being the solution, not adding to the problem,” Kuran wrote.

Americans hired by private companies are also under control. Office Depot fire officers in a branch in Michigan after a viral video showed that employees refuse to print posters for Kirk vigil, the company confirmed to the BBC in a statement.

Office Depot spokesman said the behavior of employees “is completely unacceptable and insensitive” and violates the company’s policies.

Professors and journalists are also punished for their comments, provoking a debate on the so -called crop for cancellation.

Karen Atia, a long -time colonist for Washington Post, wrote in a support post That the newspaper fired her after a series of publications she made on the Social Media platform after Kirk’s death.

In South Carolina, Clemson University said in a statement On Monday, he fired an employee and put two teachers on leave for what he calls “inappropriate” social media publications related to Kirk’s murder.

The consequences have reached beyond the United States.

In Canada, a professor at the University of Toronto Ruth Marshall was put on vacation after appearing to write in a social media publication that “shooting is honestly too good for so many fascists.”

US employers usually have a broad freedom of judgment to fire workers for some reason, as most employees are employed under contract “optional”.

Stephen Kolis, a professor of law at the University of Texas in Austin, said the right to freedom of expression under the US Constitution did not cover private employers.

Recently, it applies to government actions that limit the freedom of citizens, he said.

But Riza Leibervitz, head of the Cornell University of Working Institute, said public figures could violate free speech rights if they required accountability during Kirk posts.

She said the shooting rating is not surprising given the current heated political rhetoric in the United States.

“I think this reflects the type of fear that now exists in the United States of revenge by Trump’s administration for not sticking to their political program,” she said.

Some of them criticize the dismissals such as the American Association of University Professors who said In a statement on Monday This academic freedom must be protected and “not restricted under political pressure.”