Amid a firestorm over online speech, top Republicans like Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi are calling for the government to crack down on certain social media comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his assassination.
After Kirk’s shooting death Sept. 10 on a Utah college campus, businesses, schools and other institutions have taken disciplinary action against employees who allegedly celebrated or mocked Kirk’s death on their social media accounts.
In South Carolina, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, called on supporters to hunt for and report such posts, urging people to turn in workers from child care to health care sectors.
S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson issued a legal opinion that state law protects school districts which fire emp