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Teachers Who Celebrated the Assassination of Charlie Kirk Are Receiving Big, Taxpayer-Funded Settlements

Articles | July 9, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

Many educators who celebrated the activist’s death are getting a lot of money.

By Catholics for Catholics

They made fun and satanized Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated—for those heinous deeds they are raking in the cash.

After Kirk’s death public universities and school districts have agreed to pay more than $2.7 million to educators who were disciplined over social media posts about the slain conservative activist, including a $1.9 million settlement approved last week, as lawsuits alleging First Amendment violations continue to mount, according to Fox News.

NBC News reported Friday that public records demonstrate that at least five educators have reached settlements with their employers over the past year summing up more than $2.7 million, with a recent approved agreement accounting for the largest portion.

Take for instance the case of Tamar Shirinian, the former University of Tennessee professor who is poised to receive a cool $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the school of violating her constitutional rights after officials sought to discipline her over social media posts criticizing Kirk following his assassination.

The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a $1.9 million settlement for Shirinian after she called Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 during his “American Comeback Tour” at Utah Valley University, a “disgusting psychopath.”

But Shirinian was placed on administrative leave after a social media post where she had said in part, “The world is better off without him in it,” and added, “His kids are better off living in a world without a disgusting psychopath like him and his wife, well, she’s a sick f— for marrying him so I dont [sic] care about her feelings.”

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