Charlie Kirk Restaurant in major city faces fallout over 'offensive' Charlie Kirk post by co-owner

foxnews.com ^ | September 12, 2025 | Deirdre Bardolf

[V_TWIN]

Shortly after Kirk, 31, was shot Wednesday while speaking at a campus event in Utah, Aaron Sharpe, co-owner of Lucius Q in Cincinnati, commented on a Facebook post from someone offering prayers for the husband and father of two.

"Good riddance," Sharpe wrote in a post that is no longer publicly visible but has been circulated widely online in screenshots. "What a piece of s---," he added.

On Wednesday evening, Sharpe doubled down on Facebook, posting, "Don't you dare come at me with your hypocrisy. … If you think that threats of social media attacks on me or my business will in any way keep me silent about what I believe, you are sorely mistaken."

On Thursday, several of Lucius Q's business partners announced they had cut ties with the restaurant. Lucius Q later announced it had parted ways with Sharpe.

Cincinnati's TQL Stadium, home to Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati and is a former Lucius Q vendor site, took to social media saying it had terminated its relationship with the restaurant.

Lucius Q's longtime meat supplier, Avril Bleh Meat Market, also announced that it has ended its relationship with the barbecue restaurant.

Following the fallout with its partners, Lucius Q announced that Sharpe was "no longer associated with the business."

[quilterdebbie]

Yes it is!

[Dr. Sivana]

.looks like you're now a man in the wilderness standing in the unemployment line

He pulled this in Cincinnati? He would be better off trying San Francisco.

[V_TWIN]

Thanks, I do everything on my phone and was in a hurry to leave the house.......some people live to pick nits. 😏

[Yogafist]

Someone needs to get this guy a copy of the liberal playbook. He should’ve issued his “that’s not who I am” pseudo apology by now.

[Rinnwald]

If you hate people, it’s probably best not to be a restauranteur.

[Jane Long]

Following the fallout with its partners, Lucius Q announced that Sharpe was “no longer associated with the business.” ...

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Way too little, way too late.

Your “brand” is forever tarnished.

[Jane Long]

If you hate people, it’s probably best not to be a restauranteur.

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Or, a healthcare worker ...

Or, a teacher ...

Or, a pilot ....

[Navy Patriot]

I gotta admit, you’re good with your phone, I can barely make calls to the correct number on mine!

[Mastador1]

Well, we have yet to see if Mr. Sharpe’s well deserved ass reaming will keep him silent, at least as far as Charlie Kirk, I’m betting he has decided to just STFU and crawl into a hole. At least as far as social media. Then again he seems to be at the Whoopi, Joy, Sunny level of stupid so he just might continue and burn his business and social life to ashes.

[tennmountainman]

He enjoyed his Freedom of Speech until the coward deleted his Facebook Account. The Comments on His Other BBQ Facebook page are Brutal.

[No name given]

Exactly.

[caver]

I also read that this restaurant was visited by Guy Fieri for his Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives show. I think Fieri is a Trump man.

[Frank Drebin]

Or a citizen of this Republic...

[ridesthemiles]

PRETTY HARD TO GET “UNEMPLOYMENT” WHEN YOU ARE THE EMPLOYER

[No name given]

Or anything else for that matter.

[Salamander]

Aaron wasn’t sharp, after all.

[Salamander]

I like the term “ auto-immolation “, myself.

😊

[econjack]

I read that too. Don’t think there will be a re-visit.

[Salamander]

Or an Oklahoma veterinarian.

[Noumenon]

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences of said speech. No one is more shocked than these leftist pervaloons when their free speech chickens come home to roost.