WATCH: Office Depot Employee Fired Over Charlie Kirk Prayer Vigil Poster
Office Depot severed ties with an employee after a video went viral showing them refusing to print a poster for a Charlie Kirk prayer vigil, calling it “propaganda.”
Michigan attorney Matthew S. DePerno posted video of the Thursday incident to social media. Multiple employees refused to print a paid-for poster meant for a prayer vigil for Kirk, following the conservative activist being shot and killed in Utah on Wednesday.
“It’s propaganda. I’m sorry. We don’t print that here,” one employee explains in the video.
When asked why the poster is “propaganda,” the employee claimed it was because Kirk was a “political figure.”
Office Depot responded with a statement hours later apologizing and explaining that the employee is no longer with the company.
“The behavior displayed by our associate is unacceptable and insensitive, violates our companies policies, and does not reflect the values we uphold at Office Depot,” the statement reads. “We apologize to the customer affected and to our community for this regrettable situation.”
Along with the associate leaving the company, an “immediate internal review” was also launched.
“We are committed to reinforcing training with all team members to ensure our standards of respect, integrity, and customer service are upheld at every location,” the statement continues. “Our customers and community deserve nothing less.”
The Office Depot employee is part of a growing list of individuals to face professional blowback over controversial reactions to Kirk’s death.
The Carolina Panthers fired a public relations employee over a social media post mocking Kirk after the shooting. Laura Sosh-Lightsy, assistant dean of students at Middle Tennessee State University, was similarly terminated for a Facebook post the school deemed “inappropriate and callous.”
On the media front, MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd found himself out of a gig after he was accused of blaming Kirk for his own assassination. Dowd said on air that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions” He accused the network of caving to the “right wing media mob.”
Watch above via WWMT-GR (CBS).
