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The Charlie Kirk purge: How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown โ€“ Reuters

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The Charlie Kirk purge โ€“ How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown

Two months after Charlie Kirkโ€™s assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations and other action against more than 600 people. Republican officials have endorsed the punishments, saying that those who glorify violence should be removed from positions of trust.

By Raphael Satter and A.J. Vicens, November 19, 20253:00 AM PSTUpdated November 19, 2025

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When Lauren Vaughn, a kindergarten assistant in South Carolina, saw reports that right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event in Utah, she opened Facebook and typed out a quote from Kirk himself.

Gun deaths, Kirk said in 2023, were unfortunate but โ€œworth itโ€ if they preserved โ€œthe Second Amendment to protect our other God-given Rights.โ€ Following the quote, Vaughn added: โ€œThoughts and prayers.โ€

Vaughn, a 37-year-old Christian who has taken missionary trips to Guatemala, said her call for prayer was sincere. She said she hoped reading Kirkโ€™s words in the context of the shooting might prompt her friendsto rethink their opposition to gun control.

โ€œMaybe now theyโ€™ll listen,โ€ she recalled thinking.

A few days later, Vaughn lost her job. She was one of more than 600 Americans fired, suspended, placed under investigation or disciplined by employers for comments about Kirkโ€™s September 10 assassination, according to a Reuters review of court records, public statements, local media reports and interviews with two dozen people who were fired or otherwise disciplined.

Some were dismissed after celebrating or mocking Kirkโ€™s death. At least 15 people were punished for allegedly invoking โ€œkarmaโ€ or โ€œdivine justice,โ€ and at least nine others were disciplined for variations on โ€œGood riddance.โ€ Other offending posts appeared to exult in the killing or express hope that other Republican figures would be next. โ€œOne down, plenty to go,โ€ one said.

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Others, like Vaughn, say they simply criticized Kirkโ€™s politics.

In the pro-Kirk camp, at least one academic was put on administrative leave after threatening to โ€œhunt downโ€ those celebrating the assassination.

This account is the most comprehensive to date of the backlash against Kirkโ€™s critics, tracing how senior officials in President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration, local Republican lawmakers and allied influencers mobilized to enforce the Trump movementโ€™s views. The story maps the pro-Trump machinery of retaliation now reshaping American political life, detailing its scale and tactics, ranging from shaming on social media to public pressure on employers and threats to defund institutions. Earlier reports by Reuters have documented how Trump has purged the federal government of employees deemed opponents of his agenda and cracked down on law firms defending people in the administrationโ€™s crosshairs.

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