Overview

• Clinton posted that Weingarten’s Why Fascists Fear Teachers is a critical read, prompting widespread criticism from right-leaning commentators and the RNC.
• Weingarten’s Rolling Stone excerpt argues authoritarian movements target schools and links contemporary book bans to Nazi book burnings.
• Authorities have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in Kirk’s assassination, and investigators say a shell casing was inscribed with “Hey fascist, Catch!”
• Weingarten previously reposted a graphic on X that misidentified Robinson’s politics, then deleted it and called for de-escalation and condemnation of political violence.
• Media reports note people, including teachers, celebrated Kirk’s death on social media, with some facing firings or administrative leave.