TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said an employee has been fired over a comment made about Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, a conservative political activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed last week while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.
On Sunday, FWC made a post on X wishing Gov. Ron DeSantis a happy birthday, which prompted a flood of unrelated replies from other users. A few hours later, they replied to the post saying they had been made aware of a recent social media post from one of their employees.
“We do not condone nor tolerate this type of hateful sentiment,” FWC wrote in the reply. “We’re actively working towards a swift and immediate resolution regarding this individual’s employment.”
The following day, they announced that the unidentified employee had been fired in a post on X.
The commission said the employee shared a social media post that made light of Kirk’s death, and that the FWC has a “zero-tolerance policy towards the promotion of violence and hate.”
“We expect all our employees to conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism and always keep the public’s trust in mind,” FWC wrote.
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