{"id":4883,"date":"2026-08-24T21:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:36:18","slug":"washington-post-forced-to-rehire-columnist-fired-over-distasteful-charlie-kirk-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4883","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Forced To Rehire Columnist Fired Over Distasteful Charlie Kirk Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Washington Post will be forced to reinstate a columnist fired for a series of distasteful social media posts made following Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4881\">Farmers Accuse Gov\u2019t Of \u2018Overstepping\u2019 Their Property Rights In Rural Battle Over Trump\u2019s Nominations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karen Attiah categorized Kirk as a \u201cwhite [man] who espouse hatred and violence,\u201d in the immediate aftermath of his assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year after Attiah was fired, a private arbiter found that the Post \u201cviolated\u201d its labor agreement and \u201cdid not have good and sufficient cause\u201d to terminate her, according to The New York Times. As a result, the Post was ordered to reinstate her. <strong>(RELATED: Raising Cane\u2019s Fires Employees Who Allegedly Yelled \u2018Execute\u2019 At Charlie Kirk Supporters)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth after Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing,\u201d Attiah said in a Monday post on X. \u201cI fought back. I\u2019m happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4879\">REPORT: Neighbor, Mom Level Grisly Allegations Against Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Boyfriend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRefusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence\u2026 is not the same as violence,\u201d Attiah wrote in a now-deleted Bluesky post. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Attiah also posted an invented quote attributed to Kirk, which reads, \u201cBlack women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person\u2019s slot.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s original quote criticized affirmative action, specifically naming former Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, television host Joy Reid, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, saying they did not have \u201cthe brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4877\">US Tankers Quietly Leave Bulgaria After Deployment Enraged Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post will be forced to reinstate a columnist who was fired for distasteful social media posts following Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3963,763,1330,409,1427],"class_list":["post-4883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-bluesky","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-charlie-kirk-assassination","tag-political-violence","tag-the-washington-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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