A New Jersey elementary school teacher has been forced to retire after her cruel response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination ignited fierce backlash.
Elizabeth Clark, a fifth-grade math instructor at Katharine D. Malone Elementary School in Morris County, resigned from her post during a Rockaway Township Board of Education meeting this week, according to reports.
“Some people have to die – buh bye,” reads the cold-hearted comment Clark posted to Facebook on Sept. 10, mere hours after the conservative activist was gunned down, online screenshots show.
Clark’s hate-filled remark sparked concern and anger among Rockaway Township residents – some of whom called for her axing during the township’s school board meeting Tuesday.
“Public assassination and celebrating it is detrimental to the children,” one resident said during the meeting, according to Patch.
The school board later told the outlet that Clark had resigned during the private session of that meeting.
Kirk, a married father of two and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed while engaging with an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University. His suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, was charged with first-degree murder.
During an interview with the Daily Record on Thursday, Clark said she had been placed on administrative leave on Sept. 11, and whined that she was “doxxed” online.
“I resigned because I feared for my safety,” she told the outlet. “And me being present at the school would have caused safety concerns for the children.
“I did not feel Rockaway could protect me and keep me safe.”
Clark could not be reached for comment.
