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A Phoenix sports outlet "made the decision to part ways" with its lead Phoenix Suns writer following a series of posts on X about Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Kirk was assassinated Wednesday at Utah Valley University , and Gerald Bourget suggested that he was "refusing to mourn" his death.
"'Political differences' are not the same thing as spewing hateful rhetoric on a daily basis, and refusing to mourn a life devoted to that cause is not the same thing as celebrating gun violence. Just so we're 100% clear on that," Bourget posted.
Bourget also said that Kirk's killing was the "Holy Grail of Ironies," referencing Kirk's stance on the Second Amendment. He also called Kirk a "bigot" who "spread genocidal propaganda."
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