US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

[groundloop]

Source: AP News

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month.

The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at a Utah college campus on Sept. 10.

The announcement came as President Donald Trump was posthumously awarding him America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At Kirk’s funeral in September, Trump called him a “great American hero” and “martyr” for freedom.

The administration and its supporters have targeted people for their comments about Kirk, leading to firings or other discipline of journalists, teachers and others, and raising free speech concerns.


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlie-kirk-visas-revoked-455f43467c0c50e84d3857c1e9c81458

[pfitz59]

1. Saint Charlie was rascist scum.

and the Trumpies loved him.

[LonePirate]

2. This seems blatantly unconstitutional. Also, why do State Department employees have time to scour social media?

[The Grand Illuminist]

3. Here is a fact!

Charlie Kirk's philosophy, opinion, politics, and candor literally killed way way more people than the lone gunman that offed him.

[bluevoter4life]

4. He was somehow less anooying when he was alive. Nt.

[Grins]

5. Who the hell tracks visitors social media accounts????

Is that an actual job description?

[SunSeeker]

6. If they're tracking foreign visitors' social media, they must be tracking Americans' as well.

And the social media companies must be assisting.

This totally violates the 1st Amendment.