WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister apologized Friday for sharing a social media post about the killing of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine shared another person’s post Thursday night that described Kirk as racist, sexist and transphobic, calling him a “white nationalist mouthpiece.”

The post’s author said they had no empathy for Kirk — save for his children, who are believed to have witnessed the killing earlier this week at a university south of Salt Lake City, Utah.

“The man stood for nothing but hate,” the post read in part.

Fontaine removed the post shortly after, but screenshots had already begun to circulate on social media and criticism quickly followed.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives called for Fontaine to be removed

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