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A Democrat running to be the top law enforcement official in the state of Ohio is facing backlash for a series of social media posts disparaging Charlie Kirk in the days after the conservative activist was assassinated.

"F*** Charlie Kirk," Elliot Forhan, Ohio Democratic candidate for attorney general and former state representative, posted on Facebook on Monday, days after Kirk was gunned down while speaking to a large gathering of students at a Utah university.

"Charlie Kirk was a champion of tyranny, not democracy," Forhan said in another post. "We should not pretend otherwise."

In another Facebook entry, Forhan shared an article with the headline, "Charlie Kirk was a champion of tyranny, not democracy. We should not p

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