A Georgia Teacher of the Year finalist who was suspended from her job after describing assassinated conservative pundit Charlie Kirk as “a horrible person” and a “fascist full of hate” says her remarks were protected by the First Amendment — and is suing to get back in the classroom.

Veteran high school English teacher Michelle Mickens posted on her private Facebook page about Kirk’s death, hours after he was brutally killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.

“I don’t condone violence of any kind, and I certainly don’t condone this, but he was a horrible person, a fascist full of hate for anyone who was different. While I’m sad that we live in a country where gun violence is an epidemic, the world is a bit safer without him,” Mickens, 55, wrote.

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