By Isabel Keane, 1 day ago
An Illinois TV anchor resigned from her local ABC-affiliated station after she says she was suspended over an emotional “non-partisan tribute” to her first boss, Charlie Kirk.
Beni Rae Harmony announced she was leaving WICS-ABC20 Springfield, claiming to have been “targeted” for her teary-eyed on-air tribute to Kirk, 31, after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University Wednesday. She made the announcement as suspect Tyler Robinson is due to appear in Utah court on Tuesday for murder charged in connection to the assassination.
“Many in the mainstream media have been fired or punished for mocking his assassination. I believe I am the first to be targeted for honoring him on air,” Harmony wrote Monday on X.
Harmony said that her decision was “guided by values that are essential to who I am, which I refuse to set aside in order to keep a job.”
“I choose my faith and love of country, and always will,” she wrote.
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