A New Jersey nurse says she faced punishment after speaking out against a doctor who allegedly celebrated the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk—and she is now suing the hospital.
The dispute stems from the aftermath of Kirk’s assassination, which has rippled beyond politics and into workplaces, with reports of repercussions for teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, and even a Secret Service employee. Lexi Kuenzle, 33, has been a nurse for a decade, nearly two years at Englewood Health in New Jersey. She says that on September 10, after news broke that Kirk was fatally shot during a Utah Valley University event, a colleague—bariatric surgeon Dr. Continues…