Just a day following the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, during a speech at Utah Valley University, a left-leaning academic took to social media to voice her discontent with the late conservative figure.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who serves as an associate professor in both physics and astronomy at the University of New Hampshire, is also deeply involved in women’s studies as a core faculty member.

Her online remarks were in reaction to an opinion piece by Ezra Klein published in the New York Times, titled “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way.” Klein’s article praised Kirk for engaging with individuals who held opposing political beliefs. Prescod-Weinstein used this opportunity to express her strong disapproval of both Klein and Kirk.

Image of the University of New Hampshire’s urban campus set against the historic backdrop of Manchester’s Amoskeag Millyard. (Photo by Dennis Tangney Jr./Getty Images)

In a post on Bluesky dated September 11, she stated, “Ezra Klein isn’t discussing Charlie Kirk specifically. He is discussing the nature of politics, claiming that Kirk’s brand of white supremacy was an effective political approach. I hope you all see now that Ezra is a complete ghoul.”

“See the other thing about working for the New York Times is that means not having a real editor who will say ‘are you sure you wanna do that?’ And actually, editors are good,” she said in a following post. “Anyway, Ezra Klein now on record saying one of the 21st century’s most ardent white supremacists did politics the right way.”

Prescod-Weinstein continuously shares her open anti-conservative bias on Bluesky.

Thompson Hall at the University of New Hampshire. (Scott Orr/Getty Images)

After news of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s death on Monday, she amplified a post by another Bluesky user claiming Republicans are cult members. She also frequently reposts vocal supporters of socialist New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

In response to the 2020 murder of George Floyd, Prescod-Weinstein and a fellow professor at the University of Chicago, Brian Nord, organized a “#StrikeforBlackLives,” encouraging scientists worldwide to pause their work, cancel classes and reschedule meetings in order to spend the day taking action against racism.

“This is not about identifying with a minority or marginalized group or diversity and inclusion,” Prescod-Weinstein and Nord explained in a letter about the strike’s purpose. “This moment is about Black people and the conditions under which we live and work. It is about how white supremacy pervades my professional spaces as well as my life outside of them.”

Charlie Kirk throws hats to the crowd after arriving at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

The University of New Hampshire and Prescod-Weinstein did not return requests for comment.