Overview
- The viral video shows a manager at Store 3382 telling customers the prepaid poster was “propaganda” because Kirk was a political figure.
- Office Depot said it contacted the customer, launched an internal review, and confirmed the associate involved is no longer with the company while promising additional training.
- The Kalamazoo County Republican Party took the job to a local FedEx, which printed the poster at no charge, and the vigil at Bronson Park went forward.
- The episode drew widespread online backlash and boycott calls, with Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga calling the refusal “shameful.”
- Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder, was shot and killed earlier in the week in Utah; a 22-year-old suspect, Tyler Robinson, was arrested, and it remains unclear whether the original $56.17 payment was refunded.