The stock market giant, television and president of the Polish company with the WSE, severely about the entries after the death of Charlie Kirk. Release for opinion or hate?
Nasdaq, one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, dismissed her employee for her offensive entries about the death of Charlie Kirk, a well -known right -wing activist and supporter of Donald Trump. Similar consequences met the political commentator of the MSNBC station, and the warning about release for “celebrating death” was also published by Marek Tymiński, president of one of the largest stock market studies of games at the WSE.
Lisa Schmidt will certainly have to explore issues about social responsibility if she wants to continue her career in the area of sustainable development and ESG. She will not continue to continue at Nasdaq, running one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, where the shares of such companies as Tesla, Amazon or Microsoft are listed, because it has just been released from it.
“We have reached the employee's entries in social media regarding the shooting of Charlie Kirk, which constituted a gross violation of our policy,” the company informed in a statement on platform X. “Nasdaq applies a policy of zero tolerance to violence and all comments that praise or promote it. The employee referred to was released with immediate effect,” added.
We are aware of social media posts by an employe region the shooting of charlie kirk that were a clear violation of our policy. Nasdaq has a zero-tolerance policy toward Violence and Any Commentary That Condones or Celebrates Violence. The Employee in Question Has Been …
– Nasdaq (@nasdaq) Seppember 12, 2025
The dismissed employee is to mention Lisa Schmidt, who in Nasdaq was a senior advisor for sustainable development and climate. She published a photo on Instagram, in which she shows the middle finger, adding a comment: “I interrupt, publishing the content about my trip around Europe to say: Pie *** Charlie Kirk.” “Rest in Siki.”
In this vulgar way (in the original “F *** Charlie Kirk”, “Rest in Piss”) referred to the murder of the right -wing activist and an avid supporter of President Donald Trump Charlie Kirk. He died shot on September 10 during his speech at the University of Utah. The US president announced on Friday during an interview with Fox News that the services captured the killer. “I want him to be sentenced to death,” said the leader of the United States.
The murder that shook America
Kirk's death caused a huge movement and was widely commented on, both by supporters who considered him a martyr as freedom and the key figure of the American right, as well as by critics who referred to his controversial statements, e.g. about systemic racism as an exaggerated narrative of leftist circles. He also promoted conspiracy theories related to the presidential elections in 2020 and Covid-19 Pandemia. He defended the right to have weapons, even at the price of a certain number of killings with its use.
Releasing Lisa Schmidt in connection with the statements about Kirk's death is not the only one, the media in the US in recent days. There are more loud cases of people who have been released or suspended due to publishing entries in social media that were considered offensive, celebrating Kirk's death or otherwise inappropriate.
Wave of dismissals for entries in social media after the murder
Such consequences have met, among others American Airlines who were immediately suspended and removed from flights, a teacher from Idaho, an American football employee Carolina Panthers, or a well -known political commentator of the MSNBC Matthew Dowda MSNBC station, who was released for the suggestion that Kirk is to blame for his death.
On the day of the assassination, September 10, 2025, during live broadcast, which In the past he was the main strategist of the presidential campaign Georgea W. Bush, He stated that Kirk was one of the most polarizing characters and regularly promoted hate speech directed against selected social groups. He also said that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which in turn lead to hateful actions.”
After these words, he met with violent criticism, and the president of MSNBC Rebecca Kutler condemned his statements as “inadequate, insensitive and unacceptable.” Dowd apologized for his comments, explaining that his words were incorrectly interpreted and was not intended to blame Kirk for the attack. Still, he was released on the same day
Marek Tymiński, president of the board, founder and main shareholder of the Games Game Studio CI Games valued at over PLN 580 million, also referred to the issue of release for comments after the murder of Kirk. On platform X, he published on Saturday, September 13, in which he announced that “he would slow down anyone who celebrates the death of Charlie Kirk.”
I'd Fire Anyone Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death. I don't care about your politics or identity –only the quality of your work matters. Our Diverse, merit-based team rejects dei nonsense. The World's Recent Events Are Unacceptable. It must stop.
– Marek Tyminski (@metinski_marek) Seppember 13, 2025
“I do not care about your political views or identity – only the quality of your work counts. Our diverse, based on achievements, the team rejects nonsense about Dei (with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion – diversity, equality, inclusion, ed.)
Exercise dismissals and sanctions caused a debate on the limits of freedom of speech in the context of political and social tensions after the death of Charlie Kirk. The discussion concerns how many employers have the right to punish employees for publicly expressed opinions, especially in the context of a deeply divided politically society. It is ironic that the debate on where the border between freedom of expression and responsibility for the word runs and how to deal with ideological conflicts in the public sphere does not bring the site closer to achieving consensus, and makes them even more digging in their positions.
