Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico on Thursday called for the removal of a city-appointed board member who posted what he calls “hateful rhetoric” following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The comments under fire came from Leofric Thomas Jr., who posted the following statement to his X account around 4 p.m. on Wednesday: “When you spew hate, it’s what you get back. Charlie spewed nothing but hate, so what he got back, was.........yeah.”

The tweet ended with an emoji of a person shrugging.

Carrico said he will be filing legislation to remove Thomas from his position, and called on his fellow city councilmembers and Mayor Deegan to join him in supporting the act.

“This hateful rhetoric has no place in Jacksonville,” he said.

Councilman Rory Diamond posted

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