"The 20-year-old Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) student was issued a vote of no confidence last month after messages emerged from a Union WhatsApp group in which he wrote: Charlie got shot, let's f*cking go, shortly after Kirk was killed while speaking on stage at Utah Valley University on September 10. He also posted on Instagram: Charlie Kirk got shot loool."
"As news emerged that Kirk had been killed, the remarks sent just months after the pair had faced off in an Oxford Union debate on marriage, abortion and masculinity sparked fury across the Atlantic and swift public distancing from the Union itself, which said it unequivocally condemns the reported words and sentiments expressed by the President-Elect. Abaraonye told The Times he made the comments before he had very little context for what [he] was reacting to and apologized again on Friday."
George Abaraonye, a 20-year-old PPE student at Oxford, faced a vote of no confidence after WhatsApp and Instagram messages surfaced in which he appeared to celebrate Charlie Kirk's shooting. The messages followed a debate the two had months earlier and provoked strong public backlash and distancing from the Oxford Union, which condemned the reported remarks. Abaraonye issued apologies to Kirk's widow Erika and their children and told media he reacted with little context. Abaraonye also reported receiving threats of violence and said his family and friends were targeted during the controversy.
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