"Was I disappointed with my former employer's decision, and how their statement almost painted me as some sort of violent person? Absolutely. Was it a spineless decision, in my opinion? Definitely. And was there irony in the fact that I was fired in order to appease a group of people, most of whom had never even heard of the company, and were never going to support them anyway,"
""Within two hours of being fired, I was packing up my family and relocating them out of the state, because my wife and I were getting credible death threats towards me, towards her, and towards my four-month-old son," Bourguet said, before showing some of the threats on-screen. "I was getting nonstop calls from blocked numbers that didn't stop for days, and texts from numbers that I didn't recognize with screenshots of my name and address that just said 'Uh-oh.'""
"Bourguet's comments in September, found in the screenshot below, had centered on his own rejection of Kirk's political beliefs, and asked people concerned with political violence to also consider the various forms of violence that Kirk condoned. In a statement announcing Bourguet's termination, his employer PHNX Sports said that it "take[s] matters involving violence very seriously.""
Gerald Bourguet, a PHNX Sports reporter, was fired after tweets that laid out Charlie Kirk's beliefs and criticized forms of violence Kirk condoned. PHNX Sports said it "take[s] matters involving violence very seriously" when announcing the termination. Supporters of Kirk released Bourguet's home address and phone number and targeted his family. Within two hours of being fired, Bourguet packed up his family and relocated out of state because he, his wife, and his four-month-old son received credible death threats. He received nonstop blocked calls and texts with screenshots of his name and address, and his employer lost audience after caving to public pressure.
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