‘I did not want him to die. I reserve that wish for Trump.’

The University of Florida has removed the emeritus status of a retired law professor after he reportedly published a negative social media post about both assassinated conservative leader Charlie Kirk and President Donald Trump.

“The University of Florida has been made aware of a retired faculty member who issued a post on social media that is raising concerns. In accordance with the university’s policies and regulations, UF has rescinded this individual’s emeritus status,” the university posted on X on Friday.

The scholar’s post was allegedly made Sept. 10 — the day Kirk was killed while debating students at Utah Valley University, according to several Florida news outlets, some of which provided a screenshot.

WCJB in Gainesville reported the scholar at the center of the controversy is Jeffrey Harrison, who retired in 2020 after specializing in economics, contracts, antitrust and copyright law.

His UF bio page had been taken down by the university and The College Fix could not immediately locate an email address for Harrison to request comment.

The post had stated:

There is a lot of commentary about Charlie Kirk. It’s not that complicated. He was [an] evil person [spouting] all kinds of hateful messages. I did not want him to die. I reserve that wish for Trump. But let’s face it, even members of the Gestapo and guards at the concentration camps had children. That does not make them [heroes], nor does it make Charlie Kirk someone to be admired.

Administrators have not made an official emailed announcement to law students about the incident, a UF law student told The College Fix on Friday.

The Alligator student newspaper reported that the “university released its statement the day after another conservative activist, Scott Presler, posted on X calling for Harrison to ‘lose any affiliation’ with the university and any current duties.”

Presler’s post went viral.

“In a follow-up Facebook post today, Harrison said he received ‘a lot of hateful commentary’ after his original post was screenshotted and republished on X,” the Alligator reported Friday.

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