Multiple people fired or on leave over social media posts related to Charlie Kirk assassination

Multiple employees, from teachers to firefighters, have lost their jobs or are on leave due to statements about the death of Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk. 

School employees in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi and Pennsylvania are currently under investigation for what they wrote on social media regarding Kirk's death. 

One teacher in South Carolina was fired for a post that read, "Thoughts and prayers to his children but IMHO America became greater today. There I said it," according to The Hill newspaper.

A teacher in Oregon wrote that Kirk's assassination "brightened" up his day. 

Kirk was killed at a rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Kirk had become one of the most influential voices on the right in recent years, notably founding Turning Point USA, with chapters at universities across the country and hosting speakers' summits for young conservatives.

The U.S. Secret Service put an agent on leave after he posted on social media that Kirk "spewed hate and racism on his show."

"Let me be clear, politically motivated attacks in our nation are increasing — seemingly every day," Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement, according to CBS News. "The men and women of the Secret Service must be focused on being the solution, not adding to the problem." 

Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for the agent, Anthony Pough, to be terminated from his position. 

"As our nation mourns the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, a rogue @SecretService agent posted on Facebook suggesting that he deserved to be murdered," Blackburn wrote on X. "I am calling for this agent’s immediate termination. It's time to root out the rot in the Secret Service."

A firefighter in New Orleans wrote in a now deleted Instagram comment that the bullet that hit Kirk was a "gift from God." She got pushback on social media, but it is unclear if she has been fired or is on leave. 

Former MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd was fired by the news outlet for making comments on air during breaking news of the shooting, saying that Kirk pushed for hate speech "aimed at certain groups."

Conservative influencer Laura Loomer posted on X that she would make sure everybody who celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination would be "famous."

"Charlie Kirk’s death will not be in vain," she wrote on social media. "I will be spending my night making everyone I find online who celebrates his death Famous, so prepare to have your whole future professional aspirations ruined if you are sick enough to celebrate his death. I’m going to make you wish you never opened your mouth. These people need to be condemned in society and there must NEVER be a place for these people to gather without facing the shame of their behavior."

Author Stephen King was forced to delete a social media post smearing Kirk after his death, claiming Kirk advocated for the stoning of gay people. He also apologized for the post. 

"Charlie was never anything but kind to me and my husband," podcast host Dave Rubin said in response to King. "We broke bread many times, and he never treated us with anything other than respect. He even came to our house not too long ago and, plot twist, didn’t throw rocks at us. Write about that sometime, you hack."