(NEXSTAR) — Teachers, firefighters, elected officials and even a cable news contributor have lost their jobs or are under investigation after comments they made about the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

Reports of teachers and school administrators around the country being put on leave proliferated Thursday less than 24 hours after Kirk's death. School employees in Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Mississippi and Ohio were all being investigated for posts made on social media.

At least one teacher in South Carolina was fired for a post about Kirk's death that read: "Thoughts and prayers to his children but IMHO America became greater today. There I said it."

A teacher and city councilor in Cornelius, Oregon, wrote the assassination "really bright

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