After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer #CharlieKirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.

At least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing online, according to a Reuters tally. Others have been subjected to torrents of online abuse or seen their offices flooded with calls demanding they be fired, part of a surge in right-wing rage that has followed the killing.

Some Republicans want to go further still and have proposed deporting Kirk’s critics from the United States, suing them into penury or banning them from social media for life.

Republicans’ anger at those disrespecting Kirk’s legacy contrasts with the mockery some of the same figures – including Kirk – directed at past victims of political violence.

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