FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Fort Worth City Council member Elizabeth Beck is facing scrutiny after a social media post surfaced using an old quote from conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his fatal shooting.<\/p>\n
Beck posted, and then purportedly removed, a post that re-circulated a 2023 Newsweek article. The article included a quote from Kirk. He said gun deaths were \u201cunfortunately\u201d a cost worth bearing to defend Second Amendment rights, and the post placed the word \u201cunfortunate\u201d over Kirk\u2019s image.<\/p>\n
The post was originally reported by the Houston Chronicle.<\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker posted on X calling for elected officials and community leaders to be \u201cheld to the highest standard.\u201d Parker\u2019s post seemed to call out Beck without formally mentioning the council member.<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday we saw the worst example of this by one of my fellow Council Members, essentially condoning violence because of someone\u2019s political views. It is very clear that the killing of Charlie Kirk was a political assassination, and there is no justification for evil,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n When you take an oath of office, you have a responsibility to encourage civility, kindness, and decency. As elected officials and community leaders, we are held to the highest standard, and we owe it to the people we represent to always be above board. Yesterday we saw the worst\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2r5mvd63R3<\/a><\/p>\n\n