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Clemson University initially defended free speech after staff mocked Charlie Kirk’s death, then fired three employees under Republican pressure.

Colleges nationwide face federal funding threats and pressure to terminate employees who made insensitive comments about the conservative activist’s assassination.

At first, Clemson University took a stand for free speech. It condemned employees’ remarks that made light of Charlie Kirk’s death on social media, but the school said it was committed to protecting the Constitution.

Three days later, under pressure from conservatives in the Statehouse, it fired one of the employees. As an outcry grew and the White House took interest, it fired

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