What did Karen Attiah say about Charlie Kirk? Washington Post columnist accuses publication of firing her for her 'remarks'

Karen Attiah has alleged that she was fired by the Washington Post for her string of “unacceptable” social media posts about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

The longtime columnist alleged earlier today that the newspaper has now fired its last remaining full-time Black writer. In a blog on Substack, titled "The Washington Post Fired Me, But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced," she claimed to have spoken "against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job."

In the wake of the right-wing provocateur's fatal shooting, Attiah took to her X to pen her opinions in a string of posts:

"I wish I had hope for gun control and that I could believe "political violence has no place in this country". But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence. Not just accepts, but worships violence."

Everything we know about Karen Attiah getting sacked from The Washington Post:

In a string of follow-up posts, Karen Attiah penned:

"Political violence has no place in this country... But we will also do nothing to curb the availability of the guns used to carry out said violence. The denial and empty rhetoric is learned helplessness— because the truth is.. America is sick and there is no cure in sight."

She went on,

"Because America, especially white America is not going to do what it needs to do to get rid of the guns in their country. It will be thoughts and prayers, "violence has no place" out of a performance of goodness, not out of the resolve to convince their communities to disarm."

Karen Attiah echoed her sentiments in her Substack, where she lamented the nation's status quo.

"My only direct reference to Kirk was one post— his own words on record,” she said, referencing a screenshot of Kirk's quote about several prolific Black women who “do not have brain processing power to be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot.”

She went on,

“As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction,” Attiah wrote on Substack. “Now, I am the one being silenced - for doing my job.”

Karen Attiah is most known as the editor of the paper's Global Opinions. As of this writing, a spokesperson for the Washington Post has yet to address the situation. Per the Independent, Attiah's being sacked comes days after MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd, a political analyst, for referring to Kirk as a “divisive” figure who pushed “hate speech."

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