‘We heal as a country when we send the message that glorifying political violence is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!’
By Joe Kovacs
(WARNING: Some X posts in this story contain obscenities)
President Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is urging major U.S. commercial airlines to fire pilots and other employees who openly celebrated last week’s assassination of civil-rights leader Charlie Kirk.
In a series of posts over the weekend, Duffy thanked American Airlines, United, Delta and SkyWest for suspending the viciously vocal pilots, but also pushed for their termination.
“Thank you @united for doing what’s right by placing pilots celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk out of service,” Duffy wrote. “They must be fired. There’s no room for political violence in America and anyone applauding it will face the consequences. ESPECIALLY those we count on to ensure the safety of the flying public.”