Idaho high school cheer coach celebrated Charlie Kirk's death, now she's out of a job
An Idaho high school assistant cheer coach who celebrated Charlie Kirk's death with profanity in several Snapchat videos has been fired by the school district.
"You f**king got what you f**king deserve. I just saw the f**king video, it looks like you got shot in the neck or chest,” Annika Rutz posted after news broke of Kirk's shooting, but before the reports that he had died.
“I’m not saying I wish death upon someone, but that’s what I’m f**king saying for this motherf**ker, piece of f**king s**t, I hope he’s dead," she continued.
She then added, “Is that going to get me arrested?" and sarcastically went on, "I hope he’s not dead, ohh ohh, pray for Charlie Kirk, ohh ohh.”
"If that isn't irony"
“And he’s a huge advocate for gun rights, if that isn’t irony, I don’t know what is,” Rutz ended the video, exclaiming, “Today’s a good day! Today’s a good day!”
After it was reported that he died, she posted, “No he didn’t deserve to be violently killed like that, it’s a horrible devastating thing that his family did not need to witness and it didn’t need to happen. This will tear our country apart further. However, he wasn’t exactly a good man.”
Snapchat videos are supposed to disappear quickly and leave no trace, but of course, people screenshot the really juicy ones so they live on far beyond anyone's intent.
"Shocked and saddened"
The West Ada School District got wind of the video and terminated Rutz, putting out a statement on its social media about its action.
“Like many in our school community, we were shocked and saddened by its content,” the district said. “Please know that West Ada does not endorse or condone the video in any way.”
“The matter was addressed immediately upon being brought to our attention,” the statement continued. “After review, it was determined that the employee’s conduct violated school and district policy.”
“As a result, Miss Rutz’s employment with West Ada School District has been terminated,” West Ada School District said.
It's good to see that people want leaders for their kids and communities that have basic human decency not to celebrate someone's death, not to mention the example that kind of language sets for our kids.
It's not that we want people to lose their jobs, but we need to re-establish standards that have been violated for so long that people think nothing of celebrating someone's violent death in such a profane way.