{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/mace-urges-doe-cut-federal-funding-schools-celebrating-charlie-kirks", "Mace Urges DOE: Cut Off Federal Funding To Schools Celebrating Charlie Kirk\u2019s Assassination", "2025-09-15", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Nancy Mace", "M000194", "mace.house.gov", "mace", "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C., September 15, 2025) - Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) is pressing the U.S. Department of Education following disturbing reports of educators and institutions celebrating or excusing the assassination of Charlie Kirk.\n\nMace called on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to cut off every dime of federal funding to any elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school who refuses to remove or discipline staff who glorify or justify political violence.\n\n\u201cCharlie Kirk spent his life defending free speech and standing for faith, family, and freedom, while inspiring young Americans to stand up for their beliefs,\u201d said Congresswoman Mace. \u201cEducators who celebrate his assassination are not just unfit, they\u2019re dangerous, and they will not collect paychecks on the backs of American taxpayers.\u201d\n\nEducators in South Carolina have been exposed for applauding Kirk\u2019s assassination, drawing Rep. Mace\u2019s calls for immediate accountability:\n\nClemson University: Three professors have publicly cheered Kirk\u2019s assassination.\n\nGreenville County Schools: A teacher openly celebrated Kirk\u2019s death; the district swiftly placed the individual on leave.\n\nCharleston County School District: Reports of a teacher in the district celebrating Kirk\u2019s assassination; the district has confirmed this report is false and the teacher in question is not employed or affiliated with the district.\n\nCoastal Carolina University: An employee allegedly suggested Kirk was to blame for his own assassination because he \u201crepeated bigoted ideas.\u201d\n\nRep. Mace is calling on the Department of Education to:\n\nCut off every dime of federal funding from schools refusing to act against staff who excuse or glorify the murder of Charlie Kirk.\n\nHold educators fully accountable when they promote or defend political violence, removal, not excuses.\n\nShield students from rhetoric normalizing violence as a political weapon.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/mace-urges-doe-cut-federal-funding-schools-celebrating-charlie-kirks"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.392248086631298, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}