BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey — After years of complaints from the right about "cancel culture" from the left, some conservatives seek to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his death. They went after companies, educators, news outlets, political rivals and others they judge as promoting hate speech.
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Growing chorus of conservatives wants Charlie Kirk's critics ostracized or fired
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Charlie Kirk speaks April 22 at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour in College Station, Texas.
- Meredith Seaver, College Station Eagle
Crime scene tape surrounds Utah Valley University on Saturday in Orem, Utah, after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed there days earlier.
- Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press
A person holds an American flag out of a truck's sunroof Saturday as vehicles drive by Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, in tribute to Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk.
- Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press
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From the moment conservative activist Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin, partisans began fighting over which side was to blame.
Numerous workers were fired for their comments, and conservatives targeted social media users they viewed as offensive or celebratory.
Pleas for civility in U.S. political discourse but those calls were not always heeded, and some people who criticized Kirk were fired.
No one was in custody late Wednesday, though authorities searched for a new person of interest, according to a law enforcement official.
He personified the pugnacious, populist conservatism that took over the Republican Party in the age of Trump.
Those with experience protecting high-profile officials and dignitaries say more could have been done to prevent the shooting.
