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In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination last September, Rudy Giuliani unleashed a flood of X posts calling for the firings of teachers and other workers who shared critical posts about the murdered right-wing activist.<\/p>

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Giuliani, former New York City mayor and President Donald Trump\u2019s former personal attorney disbarred for false statements made about the 2020 election, posted phone numbers for schools where such teachers worked and dedicated an episode of his show \u201cAmerica\u2019s Mayor Live\u201d to \u201cExposing Every \u2018Teacher\u2019 Celebrating the Assassination of Charlie Kirk.\u201d<\/p>

When Giuliani shared a repost about a suburban Chicago teacher who replied to Facebook comments and posted about Kirk\u2019s assassination, conservative websites wrote<\/u> about it and right-wing commentators and groups lit up X<\/u>, celebrating her \u201cpacking up\u201d from the middle school where she works.<\/p>

But Carolyn Pinta, who lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and has taught for 27 years, said she didn\u2019t lose her job as a Spanish teacher after the school investigated and is carrying on with her work leading the local Pride parade and LGBTQ+ support nonprofit, the Pinta Pride Project, which her family started in 2018 when her daughter came out as bisexual.<\/p>

\u201cSince I started this work, I’ve definitely been the object of some real nastiness from a very tiny sect of the community,\u201d Pinta told Raw Story.<\/p>

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\"\"<\/figure>\n Carolyn Pinta (Photo by Annette Leibovitz)<\/small><\/p>

Conservative groups like Moms4Liberty pushed to get Pinta fired after Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10. A preliminary hearing for the suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, took place last week.<\/p>

Moms4Liberty \u2014 Lake County shared numerous screenshots of Pinta\u2019s social media posts and comments, along with a letter from \u201cconcerned parents\u201d requesting a response from the White House about Pinta\u2019s \u201cinflammatory, anti-Trump and anti-conservative comments on social media.\u201d<\/p>

The national group republished<\/u> a local news article which highlighted Pinta\u2019s Facebook post that said, \u201cI DESPISE Charlie Kirk and all he stands for, BUT I believe he has the right to live. It\u2019s the guns\u2026\u201d <\/p>

Pinta also came under fire for Facebook comments, including one that said, \u201cListen, the irony is THICK, right? All of Charlie\u2019s quotes floating around because one thing they are saying is true. He did have a massive influence over young people. He believed in the sacrificing of a few souls each year to keep his 2A rights.\u201d<\/p>

More than 100 people packed<\/u> into a Sept. 16 district school board meeting to demand Pinta\u2019s firing after Moms4Liberty \u2014 Lake County put up a Facebook post about the meeting and shared contact information for the district\u2019s superintendent and board. <\/p>

\u201cMoms4Liberty don’t bother me so much because I’m used to being attacked, and they’re an organizational group that is higher up. They don’t know me personally. They don’t bother me,\u201d Pinta said. \u201cThe harder part is having people that I serve in the community get worked up in that way.\u201d<\/p>

The most challenging experience was seeing parents bring to the meeting their children whom Pinta was teaching, she said.<\/p>

\u201cTo know that I was going to have those students sitting in my classroom. I’m an adult, it’s easy for me to overlook that and do my job as I do every day \u2014 but for them, I can imagine that that was a really interesting experience,\u201d Pinta said.<\/p>

‘Right side of history’<\/h2>

Since then, the backlash has \u201cquieted down,\u201d Pinta said. She also decided to remove herself from Facebook.<\/p>

When asked in June if she would change any of the social media comments she made, Pinta said, \u201cI had no idea that my feelings would be of interest\u2026 above all, the saddest thing is that this young man died and that his children lost their father.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cThe most important piece is that it’s really tragic that this continues to happen in our country with gun violence,\u201d Pinta said.<\/p>

Pinta said an experience she had meeting a transgender military officer who unexpectedly came to her house to thank her for correspondence received through a card campaign from the Pinta Pride Project changed her perspective on the Kirk situation, which had happened 10 months prior.<\/p>

\u201cMeeting this incredible human being, I would do everything I do again and again and again because it is just worth it,\u201d Pinta said. \u201cIt saves lives.\u201d<\/p>

What started in 2022 as a holiday card campaign sharing messages of support for members of the LGBTQ+ community who might be estranged from their families, the now-yearlong program, Cards for Allies, has grown significantly, sending more than 50,000 cards throughout 2025.<\/p>

\u201cHer letter writing campaign certainly had a very positive effect on me, was very meaningful in my life at a very impactful period of time, and I am so very grateful for that,\u201d Kat Benn, a transgender military officer who is a captain in the United States Army, told Raw Story.<\/p>

Benn visited Pinta\u2019s home while in Chicago last week to tell her how the letters the Pinta Pride Project sends reach people like her and to encourage Pinta to continue doing that work.<\/p>

\u201cI sincerely do believe that what she’s doing is a life-saving endeavor,\u201d Benn said.<\/p>

\u201cI just wanted to reassure her that there are real human beings on the other end of this who are getting messages of support, messages of love and care and kindness at times that really matter.\u201d<\/p>

Cards for Allies has grown to be the Pinta Pride Project\u2019s \u201cmost important work we do,\u201d Pinta said. The group also hosts a National Coming Out Day celebration and has put on eight Pride parades.<\/p>

The 2026 parade involved 2,000 participants and 4,000 to 5,000 attendees, Pinta said.<\/p>

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\"\"<\/figure>\n Buffalo Grove Pride Parade balloons (Photo by Ally Frank)<\/small><\/p>

Pinta said being a teacher while Trump is president is \u201cvery difficult,\u201d but she has hope that \u201cthe tide is really turning.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThe more of us that stand together, the closer we get to getting back to love and decency,\u201d Pinta said.<\/p>

As the subject of a public campaign calling for her termination, Pinta shared advice with others experiencing social media targeting.<\/p>

\u201cKnow that you are on the right side of history \u2014 there are so many more people with you than are not \u2014 and that you’re protecting democracy, speaking up and sharing your feelings,\u201d Pinta said.<\/p>

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Moms4Liberty \u2014 Lake County did not respond to Raw Story’s request for comment.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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