US vice-president encourages ‘calling out’ anyone who celebrates Kirk’s murder, including notifying employers
A mass “doxing” effort to track down, intimidate and harass people perceived not to have sufficiently mourned the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was endorsed on Monday by JD Vance.
The US vice-president guest-hosted Kirk’s podcast on Monday and said that people who “see someone celebrating Charlie’s murder” should “call them out”. He added: “Hell, call their employer. We don’t believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility, and there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination.”
In the past few days, numerous workers across various different fields ranging from colleges to an airplane pilot have been fired for their comments on Kirk’s death.
An anonymous website that began collecting reports of anti-Kirk “political extremism” said it had received more than 63,000 submissions. The website was originally named “Expose Charlie’s Murderers” but rebranded Monday to the “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation”. The group has previously said it had been targeted by hackers and “leftist attacks”. Its website was down on Tuesday.
