Kate Hussey, WPTV

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A longtime Martin County teacher could be fired after calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk a “racist, misogynistic, fear-mongering neo-Nazi” on Facebook following Kirk’s assassination.

Superintendent Michael Maine has recommended the termination of Matt Theobald, a 17-year educator at Spectrum Academy and president of the Martin County Education Association.

It marks the perhaps first permanent disciplinary action of its kind in Florida since state officials began targeting teachers over online comments about Kirk.

According to an investigation report obtained by WPTV, Theobald admitted writing the comments but said they were posted on his mother’s private Facebook page “within a discussion among personal acquaintances” and were not int

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