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Senate president, two lawmakers sued over response to Kirk shooting comments

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A former state education department employee has filed a federal lawsuit against Senate President Ty Masterson and two Republican lawmakers for calling for her firing after she remarked on social media that the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk was “well deserved.”

The lawsuit, filed just two weeks before the Nov. 3 general election, accuses Masterson, state Sen. Brad Starnes and state Rep. Megan Steele of violating her free speech rights for demanding that she be fired for the comments she made about Kirk's assassination.

The lawsuit . . .

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