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"White Man That Espoused Violence" Washington Post Fires Columnist Karen Attiah Over Racist Charlie Kirk Murder Posts

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America’s cultural rot is on full display, a festering wound exposed by the gleeful cackling of deranged ideologues celebrating the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk.

The conservative firebrand, gunned down at 31, was a lightning rod for the left’s unhinged hatred, and now, shameless voices like Karen Attiah, freshly fired from The Washington Post, revel in the bloodshed, cloaking their venom in self-righteous drivel.

This is the state of our nation: a place where scumbags cheer the slaughter of their opponents while crying victim when held accountable.

Attiah, 39, was sacked last week from The Washington Post for what the paper called "unacceptable social media posts" following Kirk’s assassination on Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem.

The 22-year-old suspect, Tyler Robinson, a Utah native, was arrested and faces court on Tuesday.

Attiah’s posts, dripping with disdain, didn’t mourn Kirk’s death but instead sneered at the idea of grieving for him.

On Bluesky, she wrote: "Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence."

Another post declared, "Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is…. not the same as violence."

Attiah took to Substack on Monday, titling her essay "The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced."

She claimed the paper accused her posts of "gross misconduct" and endangering colleagues’ safety, charges she rejected as "false" and without evidence.

"They rushed to fire me without even a conversation," she wrote. "This was not only a hasty overreach, but a violation of the very standards of journalistic fairness and rigor the Post claims to uphold."

Attiah insisted her posts were about "speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America’s apathy toward guns."

"As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction," she added. "Now, I am the one being silenced — for doing my job."

Attiah with billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, in 2019

Her most shared Bluesky post after Kirk’s death read: "For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on."

Justifying her immoral rheoric she wrote: "I pointed to the familiar pattern of America shrugging off gun deaths, and giving compassion for white men who commit and espouse political violence. This cycle has been documented for years. Nothing I said was new or false or disparaging— it is descriptive, and supported by data."

Attiah referenced Kirk directly only once, sharing his quote, "Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot."

She also lamented: “Washington D.C. no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves."

Attiah’s history of inflammatory rhetoric isn’t new.

In 2021, she sparked outrage with a since-deleted post claiming white women were "lucky" black people were "just calling them Karens and not calling for revenge."

She doubled down in the comments, writing: "I’m just saying. Be happy we are calling for equality. And not actual revenge."

Attiah, who rose to prominence as the hiring editor for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, now warns her firing is part of a "broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic."

This is the grotesque reality of today’s America: a nation where a columnist’s firing for celebrating a man’s murder is spun as martyrdom.

Attiah’s sanctimonious posturing can’t mask the truth — her words fuel the very division she claims to decry.

While she cloaks her bile in cries for "justice," the blood of Charlie Kirk stains the hands of those who cheer his death.

This is not progress; it’s a descent into barbarism, where hatred festers and the mob applauds. Shame on us for letting it come to this.

Alicia Powe

Alicia is an investigative journalist and breaking news reporter with RiftTV. Alicia's work is featured on outlets including The Gateway Pundit, Project Veritas, Townhall and Media Research Center.

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