“Wrong person got suspended/fired. Doctors have no business cheering death.”
Lexi Kuenzle, a nurse at Englewood Health in New Jersey, has been suspended without pay after she called out a doctor who celebrated the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kuenzle filed a lawsuit Friday against the hospital, Dr. Matthew Jung, and others, claiming she was wrongfully terminated for criticizing the doctor on her personal Instagram account.
When news broke of Kirk’s murder, Kuenzle was standing in front of a nurse’s station with eight other nurses and a patient.
“Oh, my God! That’s terrible! I love him!” Kuenzle reacted.
The surgeon allegedly responded, “I hate Charlie Kirk. He had it coming. He deserved it.”
“You’re a doctor. How could you say someone deserved to die?” Kuenzie repleid.
Kuenzle reported the incident to hospital management and later posted about it on social media, according to the New York Post. The following day, she was called into a meeting where she was suspended without pay pending an investigation. A union representative suggested she start looking for a new job.
Kuenzle has been a nurse for 10 years, nearly two of them at Englewood Health.
“[Kuenzle] had the audacity to question how Dr. Jung can comply with the Hippocratic Oath’s and the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics while celebrating the murder of a non-violent Christian speaker who was on a college campus,” the lawsuit stated.
In an interview with activist Scott Presler, Kuenzle said she was “deeply saddened over the assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
“It was devastating to hear of the killing of an innocent father and I thought everyone would agree — especially a doctor whose purpose is to save lives,” she explained. Presler questioned whether the doctor would treat patients differently over political views, asking, “Would he treat them differently? Would he allow his emotions to cloud his judgement, as he did by saying such a statement in front of a patient?”
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon reacted to the report on social media, writing, “Wrong person got suspended/fired. Doctors have no business cheering death.”
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