Charlie Kirk on July 26, 2024. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) THE CENTER SQUARE—Schools and government entities in Georgia and Tennessee are paying large sums of money to settle lawsuits with educators fired because of their comments about Charlie Kirk, the slain Turning Point USA founder. Most of the posts, which were viewed as celebrating Kirk’s death, were on personal social media pages and were reposted online. Collectively, the comments were not complimentary to Kirk.