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A local northern Ohio councilman says he and his family have gone into hiding at the advice of federal officials after getting more than 500 threats over his Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk.
John Impellizzeri told the USA Today Network's Akron Beacon Journal that he's in fear for his life after his post following the conservative leader's assassination was shared nationwide by "Libs of TikTok" and other right-wing groups.
The threats escalated after the post was shared on X on Sept. 12 by Stephen Miller, the Trump administration's deputy chief of staff for policy.
"I'm in physical hiding for fear for my life," Impellizzeri said. "The police department is getting death threats."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-ohio-councilman-john-impellizzeri-hiding/86144173007/
And another one...

Crunchy Frog
(28,050 posts)people allegedly "celebrating" Charlie's death will in turn celebrate his murder and say it was well deserved. And they won't be getting fired for it either.
Haggard Celine
(17,471 posts)They say that Kirk was killed for exercising his free speech, but they want to see people get fired for exercising theirs. Typical RW fundy Christian hypocrisy.
Lovie777
(20,351 posts)I would not trust the feds..
Hopefully the police are OK.
And who are the violent ones?
The Right.
intheflow
(29,731 posts)But theyll claim we somehow forced them to act this way.
aeromanKC
(3,721 posts)Orrex
(66,053 posts)It's just tremendous.
calimary
(87,883 posts)And the beautiful green lawn restored.
Then Id take all that cheesy gold swirly shit off the walls and the fireplace in those photos (in the Oval Office, I assume?).
And anything else he had installed to make himself feel like a king. OUT TO THE TRASH itd go.
txwhitedove
(4,228 posts)Hiding from my own family. To them just saying anything non worshipping about Ssint Charlie is celebrating and heinous. My own atheist son was espousing Conservatism and family values so much that I asked "So you've been going to church a lot lately?" Oops.
Heidi
(58,829 posts)An often-heard public humiliation spoken to me as a child by Southern Baptist adults. Off-topic, I know, but ?
txwhitedove
(4,228 posts)leaning. I don't go to church either. He was talking so strangely. This Charlie Kirk murder got them all riled up and buying Trump's bullshit to the point they were mad at mom/grandma who is such an empathic pacifist I don't like the death penalty,
Heidi
(58,829 posts)I appreciate you.
calimary
(87,883 posts)Were with you! And as I think Skittles once said, someones always here.
txwhitedove
(4,228 posts)💙💙💙💙💙💙
Martin Eden
(14,888 posts)Truth is considered hate speech by the right, so they never use it themselves.
wolfie001
(6,195 posts)Hope we can turn things around. These mf'ers are committed.
Bluetus
(1,570 posts)And this just points out the fact that this killing was part of the Civil War WITHIN the Guardians of Pedophiles Party (GOP). The Nazi wing is going after the Groyper wing while the Christ-fascist wing tries to carry on its own grift.
yellow dahlia
(3,102 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(13,075 posts)hiding behind their screens, mostly. Except for lizard people like Chaya Reichik ("Libs" of TikTok) and Laura Loomer.