CANTON − City Councilman Darren Mayle is facing backlash online for reposting criticism of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and his wife and adding the caption "Bye, bye!"

He made the posts on his personal Facebook page. The posts have since been deleted.

The reposts came from the account "The Other 98%," a group with 7.6 million Facebook followers. One of them said Kirk promoted white supremacy, division and right-wing politics, while the other criticized Erika Kirk for her comments following his death. Mayle added "Bye, bye!" after the Erika Kirk repost.

Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept. 10 during an appearance at Utah Valley University. Utah prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson , 22, with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, ob

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