In a fury-filled post on X, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) went nuclear on the school board member in Virginia’s Chesterfield County who took to social media in the wake of the horrid assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk to praise the slaying and say it was a good thing. Youngkin demanded the school board member “immediately resign.”
As background, one of the most horrific things for many conservatives to witness in the wake of Mr. Kirk’s assassination was how Democrats have praised his killer and the idea of political assassination generally online, with everyone from politicians and military officers to kindergarten teachers and nurses cheering the murder.
Among those who did so was a member of the Chesterfield County School Board. He got exposed by a Virginia political commentator Matthew Hurtt, who attached screenshots of the woman’s horrid behavior and wrote, “Chesterfield County School Board Member and Abigail @SpanbergerForVA endorser Dot Heffron muses about Charlie Kirk on instagram: ‘Call me old fashioned, but I remember when we used to be ok with shooting Nazis.’ Abigail, do you support this rhetoric?”
The matter eventually drew the attention of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who took to his X account to sound off on the murder-minded school board member. He began his post with a demand she resign, saying, “Chesterfield County School Board Chair Dot Heffron must immediately resign after her comments promoting the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
Continuing, he snapped that all government officials in the state need to unite against this wretched behavior, saying, “Nobody who would cheer murder should be allowed within 100 yards of a student. I call on leaders from both parties to not only publicly condemn her despicable comment and rebuke any endorsement she has made, but also join me in demanding her resignation.”
Commenters on Youngkin’s post agreed, leaving messages like “We cannot allow people who support violence to be involved with our children. That should be a belief shared by all Americans” and “Have your people look into how many State of Virginia employees are doing the same thing. It will shock you. I’m stunned at the ghoulish behavior. We have a huge problem. Bolsheviks.”
Spanberger equivocated in her resultant statement, insisting that she’s against murder but thinks her party should be allowed to praise Kirk’s death without facing consequences. She began, “As the investigation continues and law enforcement continues to build their case, I think it’s important to state unequivocally: I condemn any efforts to justify or minimize the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk or anyone else.”
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Continuing, she refused to call for the school board official’s resignation, saying, “Disagreements over policy, perspectives, or even worldviews should never lead to violence. We are a nation of laws — and we have a First Amendment right to free speech, and that right is not limited just to those who agree with us.”
Concluding, she wrote, “Justifying or making light of violence damages the core fabric of our society and imperils all of us as Americans, just as calls to violence and revenge do the same. I hope that all elected officials and community leaders will join me in denouncing both.”