Iowa State University Employee Fired over Social Media Post About Charlie Kirk

Iowa State University fires employee for social media posts after Charlie Kirk death

Iowa State University has terminated the employment of a financial worker who made negative remarks about right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk after his death.

ISU employee fired for Charlie Kirk post

An Iowa State financial aid advisor was fired Tuesday over comments posted online regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA. A social media post from financial aid advisor Caitlyn Spencer was publicized online following Kirk’s death. In the post, Spencer said, given Kirk’s support for Second Amendment gun rights, “this jackass got what was coming and I’m happy he’s rotting in hell now.”…

Iowa State University employee fired over social media post about Charlie Kirk

An Iowa State University employee was terminated after a social media post about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Workers are getting fired over Charlie Kirk posts

Across the country, some people who have posted unsettling social media videos and messages celebrating the assassination of conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk are losing their jobs.

Iowa’s governor expects lawsuits over firings at UI, ISU, UNI over Kirk-related social media posts « KJAN | Radio Atlantic, IA – AM 1220

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s made it clear that any staff member at the three-state supported universities should be fired if they celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. https://www.kjan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RIkayKKRregents1.mp3 The board that governs Iowa, Iowa State and U-N-I gave university administrators until next week to investigate inflammatory social media posts related to Kirk’s …