JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A city-appointed official and former employee of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) is no longer employed after posts he made on X and Facebook regarding Charlie Kirk, the organization tells First Coast News .

Screenshots of posts by Leofric Thomas Jr., which were being spread on social media, were reposted by Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico. One shows a Facebook post saying, "You reap what you sow..." which does not directly name Kirk. The other shows an X post reading, "When you spew hate, it's what you get back. Charlie spewed nothing but hate, so what he got back, was..... yeah."

Carrico wrote that he would be filing legislation to remove Thomas from his position and calling on the council and mayor to join him. "This hateful rhe

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