Pentagon has ‘zero tolerance’ for celebration of Charlie Kirk assassination

In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Pentagon has made clear that celebration and mockery of an American’s assassination will not be tolerated within its ranks.

“It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American. The Department of War has zero tolerance for it,” Sean Parnell, assistant to the secretary of war for public affairs, chief Pentagon spokesman and senior advisor, declared in a post on X.

War Department Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Parnell’s post.

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“We are tracking all these very closely — and will address immediately. Completely unacceptable,” he wrote.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan warned that employees “will be dealt with swiftly and decisively” if they bring disrepute on the department, the Navy or the Marine Corps.

“I am aware of posts displaying contempt toward a fellow American who was assassinated. I want to be very clear: any uniformed or civilian employee of the Department of the Navy who acts in a manner that brings discredit upon the Department, the @USNavy or the @USMC will be dealt with swiftly and decisively,” he declared in a post.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin responded to Phelan’s post by threatening to target Phelan for ouster if he does not swiftly stamp out any such behavior from the Navy.

“I will be explicitly clear with you, @SECNAV, if you do not take prompt, direct, and decisive action to clear the ranks of this s[—] from my Navy, I will do everything in my power to kick you to the curb. If your JAG’s have a problem with this, they can find a job somewhere else. Wearing a uniform is a privilege not a right. You will unf[—] this promptly,” he declared, signing his post as “SOCS (Ret) Van Orden.”

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