Clemson College is standing by at the very least three professors who have been caught celebrating the assassination of civil rights chief Charlie Kirk, together with one professor who known as for the outright murder of all conservatives.
“In a world stuffed with Charlie Kirks and Brian Thompsons, be a Tyler Robinson or a Luigi Mangione,” wrote one Clemson staffer.
President Trump shared a put up on Reality Social accusing the university of inciting violence in opposition to conservatives and known as on the South Carolina legislature to carry a particular session to cope with the controversy.
The college confirmed that one individual had been suspended.
“Efficient instantly, an worker has been suspended pending additional investigation into social media posts. This motion displays the seriousness with which Clemson approaches violations of its requirements and values,” Clemson stated in a press release. “As this can be a personnel matter, no additional particulars will probably be disclosed presently. Clemson College stays dedicated to upholding the ideas of the U.S. Constitution and the employment legal guidelines of the State of South Carolina.”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) says that’s not sufficient.
“Clemson should maintain ALL accountable,” she wrote on X. “Suspension just isn’t sufficient. Name an emergency assembly of the Board of Trustees. SC Legislature ought to name a particular session to defund Clemson till they do what is true, ethically and morally. No radicalization of our children in colleges. Sufficient is sufficient.”
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) added his voice to the rising variety of outraged taxpayers.
“Your First Amendment rights don’t embrace a proper to a job,” he wrote on X. “Clemson’s professors have been utterly inappropriate. The vile and disgusting celebration of a homicide should compel the college to take clear and fast motion.”
The Board of Trustees is anticipated to carry an emergency assembly later Monday.
“Sadly, this comes from the tone Clemson set by not instantly firing the employees who glorified political violence,” Rep. Ralph Norman wrote on X. “Different universities have fired staff and expelled college students for this conduct. For the security of the students, Clemson should take motion or lose each cent of funding.”
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