The punishment for this should be writing the word “propaganda” on the chalk board 100 times after class.The Department of Education is receiving criticism after deciding to hang a banner of the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk outside its building in Washington, D.C.Charlie Kirk's image is seen on the outside of the Department of Education on March 1, 2026, in Washington, D.C.Tasos Katopodis via Getty ImagesPictured alongside Kirk on the building are two pioneers in education: Catharine Beecher, who advocated for women’s education, and Booker T. Washington, who championed educational opportunities for Black Americans. Another nearby banner also reads: “Empowering our states to tell the stories of our heroes in American education.”The Education Department’s press secretary told HuffPost in a statement Sunday that it is “proud to honor visionary leaders whose contributions have shaped the future of education for generations.”The banners are a part of America's 250th anniversary, says the Department of Education.Tasos Katopodis via Getty ImagesKirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, an organization that promotes conservative ideology, and he traveled across the country to college campuses to debate students. He died in September after he was fatally shot during an event on Utah Valley University’s campus.Kirk never graduated from college, told women to go to college in order to find husbands, and even wrote a book titled “The College Scam: How America’s Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America’s Youth.” His past remarks include calling the passage of the Civil Rights Act a “huge mistake” and saying that he’d want his daughter to deliver a baby conceived out of rape.With that in mind, a lot of left-leaning social media users on X were outraged by the Education Department’s decision to celebrate Kirk. See what they had to say below.This is absolutely insane. He does not deserve to be up there with Booker T. Washington and Catharine Beecher.— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) March 1, 2026what did he teach us ?? Racism? Hate? Homophobia?— balula • spread kindess (@khiaaasylum) March 3, 2026Screenshot @jared_shult via X/TwitterScreenshot @emkenobi via X/Twitter😭😭😭 All he did was debate college kids with misinformation— Camino Reid (@bangwithcamino) March 3, 2026The podcaster who dropped out of community college is a nod to the future of education?— Turgid Verse (@gullyvuhr) March 3, 2026We are living in the weirdest timeline— 🎨EZE MOORE🦂 (@ezemoore_) March 3, 2026Close