Numerous men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces took to social media shortly after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot in front of a crowd in Utah, including a Navy petty officer who posted a nasty video to his 1.5 million TikTok followers and an Army public affairs official who wrote, “if you talk sh*t, you’re gonna get hit.”
After Breitbart News and other outlets reported on several of the posts being made, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell called them “unacceptable”:
“It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American,” he wrote on X. “The Department of War has zero tolerance for it.”
Hegseth followed up with his own statement shortly thereafter:
“We are tracking all these very closely — and will address, immediately,” the secretary said. “Completely unacceptable.”
Other public servants and notable people who have made light of Kirk’s tragic death include a Secret Service agent, a Democrat Florida city councilman, public school teachers, journalists, and doctors.
Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking to students at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 31 years old.
The FBI has released images of a suspect who appears to be male, asking the public for help identifying him:
Olivia Rondeau is a politics reporter for Breitbart News based in Washington, DC. Find her on X/Twitter and Instagram.
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