GA Workers Fired, Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Comments: Reports

ATLANTA, GA — Workers at two prominent Georgia companies were either suspended or terminated after their alleged comments surrounding the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines suspended some of its workers, pending an investigation, for their social media posts concerning Kirk's shooting death, CNN reported. Delta CEO Ed Bastian reportedly shared the news in an internal memo, which CNN obtained.

Bastian, who noted the content did not follow Delta's social media policies, said the posts "went well beyond healthy, respectful debate," CNN reported.

Meanwhile, a staff member of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta was fired after a hospital spokesperson deemed social media posts regarding Kirk "inappropriate," per WSB-TV. The posts were reportedly shared Friday.

Like Bastian, CHOA's unnamed spokesperson said the staffer's posts went against the company's social media policy.

The contents of the social media posts were not released.

American Airlines and United Airlines also suspended staff for similar posts, CNN reported.

RELATED: Activist Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot; GA Leaders React

Kirk, co-founder and CEO of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after being shot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem.

He had been speaking at a debate organized by his nonprofit. The appearance was controversial on campus: an online petition urging administrators to block the event drew nearly 1,000 signatures. In response, the university issued a statement last week citing the First Amendment and reaffirming its “commitment to free speech, intellectual inquiry, and constructive dialogue.”

After the deadly shooting, Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested in connection with Kirk's killing. A report from The New York Times published Saturday said when a friend recognized Robinson from police-released images of the suspect, he told the friend that a doppelganger was "trying to get me in trouble."

Utah County Jail records on Monday showed Robinson was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, discharge of firearm-causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice-capital/first degree felony conduct. He is being held without bail, jail records showed.