In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, at least eight service members have been suspended from their jobs or investigated over comments made on social media about his killing, service officials confirmed to Task & Purpose.
In all, Task & Purpose tracked dozens of military members from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines whose social media posts on Kirk were being collected by several major conservative accounts and a number of smaller military-focused ones in the wake of Kirk’s death on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
As of Wednesday, at least five Army officers and an Air Force senior master sergeant have been suspended from their jobs after allegedly posting about the death of Kirk on social media. An Army Reserve major is also under investigation.
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