This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
In the wake of last week's assassination of Charlie Kirk, a U.S. senator says "there must be consequences" for those who are celebrating the murder of the Christian champion and conservative giant.
Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Katie Britt, R- Ala., who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, blasted the vicious hate and celebrations of Kirk's killing, saying: "It is absolutely disgusting. The rhetoric that led us to this moment, calling President Trump a fascist, calling him Hitler.
"You have news organizations in mainstream media celebrating that, allowing those things to take place and be said on their networks. That is dangerous."
Britt continued: "Now people that are celebrating Charlie's murder, celebrating a political assassination, that should never happen in the United States of America."
"We must do more. We must stand firm and there must be consequences with regards to people spewing that type of hate and celebration in the face of this, and I believe that there will be. And I certainly plan to hold them accountable.
"So if you are out there and you are celebrating the political assassination of a man who was exercising his free speech, a very foundational element, a cornerstone of who we are as the United States of America, you should be held accountable, you should fired. And that is the beginning and the end of it. Full stop."
As WorldNetDaily reported, some Americans have already been fired for their hateful comments about Kirk, including MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd, high-school social studies teacher Wynne Boliek of Greenville, South Carolina, transgender-identifying author Gretchen Felker-Martin, and an unidentified assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University.
The U.S. Army also suspended and is investigating Maj. Bryan Bintliff, a reserve officer who goes by "Bryan Harlow" on social media and as an actor, and who cheered on Kirk's killing.
When asked by Bartiromo what could elected officials do about the problem, Britt responded: "We take what President Trump has already done. His leadership has been tremendous on this.
"You saw the Biden administration do absolutely nothing when it came to what was happening on college campuses, to our Jewish brothers and sisters. President Trump said that will not happened under my watch. You see him and the Department of Education with Secretary [Linda] McMahon saying we're gonna hold you accountable for these things.
"That's exactly what we have to do. In appropriations hearings we've got to ask those questions. We've got to make sure free speech is held and this hate speech is gone."
Britt explained: "We're gonna continue to push forward this vision that Charlie had for America of young people coming together, standing up, using their voice and having the courage to make things better, we'll make sure that continues."
"When they are celebrating his death online, not only is that sick and twisted and dehumanizing, but what they're also saying is, particularly on these college campuses to all of these students is … 'Silence your voice.'
"They are essentially saying, Maria, that if you don't think like me, that I believe that we can take your life and that should be celebrated, and that is sick and twisted. And we must stand up in a unifying way as Americans and say we will not tolerate that."
