Posted on 09/14/2025 1:19:12 PM PDT by simpson96
A longtime community advocate employed in the administration of Mayor Eric Adams was fired on Thursday after he posted critical remarks about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk a day following Kirk’s fatal shooting in Utah on Wednesday.
On his Facebook account, Tony Herbert reposted a meme that said: “CHARLIE KIRK SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE DISPARAGING IMMIGRANTS, DISRESPECTING WOMEN, AND BLAMING BLACK FOLKS, ONLY TO GET SHOT IN ONE OF THE WHITEST PLACES ON EARTH.”
In his posting Herbert added: “you hit the nail right on the head or should i say racist!!”
Herbert later shared a video saying he was happy about his prior post because it helped him identify people on his social media page who he now believes to be “racist.”
While he referred to the incident in Utah as an “unfortunate shooting of a human being,” he also said Kirk had “helped his own demise.”
“When you go out there and you talk about people and you talk about – and you know, become a racist – and you try to disguise that like you’re doing something for humanity, that’s a problem,” Herbert said in the posting. “And unfortunately karma has come to collect.”
Herbert, 61, who appears to have since removed the posts, didn’t respond to a phone call and text messages seeking comment.
He was on leave from his $105,000 position as a community liaison in the Adams administration when he was terminated, according to City Hall spokesperson Kayla Mamelak Altus, who noted that Herbert was not a direct report to Adams.
“We unequivocally denounce these remarks, which in no way reflect the values of the Adams administration,” she said in a statement.
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They do not! Had a long discussion with a Jewish friend last night who insisted that Charlie Kirk was a white supremacist anti-Semite. Really?! Why did Bibi Netanyahu pay him glowing tribute then?!
none of these people know what Charlie Kirk said. They ONLY know what Whoopie, Maddow, Joy Reid, Jasmine, CNN, MSNBC,etc. told them what Charlie said - of which is out of context snippits, made up stuff, or outright lies.
Hope he's not smilin' any more...
Dump your “friend” off in Gaza so’s your friend gets a good run before the Hammie boys chase him or her down...
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