After Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a Utah speaking event last Wednesday, Laura Sosh-Lightsy — an assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) — made a social media post that ultimately cost her her job.

"Looks like ol' Charlie spoke his fate into existence. Hate begets hate," her post read, according to Local 3 News . "ZERO sympathy."

Her comments quickly drew the attention of Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who wrote on X that Sosh-Lightsy “should be ashamed” of the post and called for her removal from MTSU.

The university, as it turned out, agreed. Just one day after Blackburn’s response, MTSU terminated Sosh-Lightsy’s employment.

In a statement about the firing, the university said her comments were “inconsistent with our values and have undermined

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