He Wrote Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa

As part of the Trump administration’s drive to lionize the late Charlie Kirk and chill criticism of his politics, the State Department announced on Tuesday that it had revoked visas for a half-dozen noncitizens who had “celebrated” his assassination in recent weeks online.

The State Department shared the offending remarks in a thread on X, redacting the posters’ handles and avatars. Many of the comments were crass and incendiary — the kind of protected political speech at the heart of the First Amendment, which applies to citizens and noncitizens alike. One Argentine suggested that Kirk should “rest in fucking piss” because of his life devoted to “spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric,” while a Brazilian national asserted that Kirk “DIED TOO LATE.”

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