Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said on Monday, Sept. 15, that she had been let go by her employer over a series of social media posts she made following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
In a post on Substack, Attiah said that she was "being silenced" following the series of posts that focused on gun control and race following Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10.
"As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction," Attiah wrote. "Now, I am the one being silenced — for doing my job."
According to Attiah, she only referenced Kirk in one of her posts on Bluesky.
In that post, the columnist shared a screenshot of a quote in which Kirk said several prominent Black women, including former First Lady Michelle Obama, did "not have (the) brain processing power to be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot."
