×BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey — After years of complaints from the right about "cancel culture" from the left, some conservatives seek to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his death. They went after companies, educators, news outlets, political rivals and others they judge as promoting hate speech.

A campaign by public officials and others on the right led to the firing or punishment of teachers, an Office Depot employee, government workers, a TV pundit and the expectation of more dismissals coming.

Over the weekend, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted on social media that American Airlines grounded pilots who he said celebrated Kirk's assassination. "This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired," Duffy said.

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