<img width="1024" height="819" src="https://aanwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Close-up of Charlie Kirk seated at a panel, speaking into a microphone and gesturing with his right hand, wearing a blue patterned suit. A coffee cup rests on the table in front of him, and his name is visible on the blue backdrop." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?w=2531&ssl=1 2531w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=2048%2C1639&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=2000%2C1600&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=780%2C624&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?resize=400%2C320&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?w=2340&ssl=1 2340w, https://aanwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="347620" data-permalink="https://www.cltampa.com/news/federal-judge-denies-initial-claim-to-reinstate-florida-biologist-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post/attachment/tp-usa-tampa-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.cltampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Charlie-Kirk-Turning-Point-USA-Tampa.jpg?fit=2531%2C2025&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2531,2025" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"4","credit":"ZUMA Press","camera":"Canon EOS R6","caption":"CHARLIE KIRK speaks to a group of 5,000 MAGA supporters at Turning Point USAu2019s u2018Student Action Summitu2019","created_timestamp":"1752343680","copyright":"","focal_length":"165","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"TP USA: Tampa","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="TP USA: Tampa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="
Charlie Kirk at Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on July 12, 2025.
A federal judge rejected an initial attempt to require Florida officials to reinstate a biologist who was fired because of a social media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
