UCLA DEI Chief Finds Out the Hard Way That Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Murder Was a Sick Thing to Do

UCLA DEI chief Jonathan Perkins

We saw how some deranged, sick leftists celebrated the murder of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk after his brutal assassination in September 2025. It’s one thing to oppose someone’s viewpoints; it’s another to take joy in their killing.

 One of the worst of the lot was UCLA DEI chief Jonathan Perkins, and he just found out that his demented views are too much for even the administrators of that woke institution. He has no regard for the sanctity of human life, but evidently, we’re supposed to cry over his pets:

UCLA finally fired its DEI chief months after the woke administrator publicly celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — but now he’s begging for donations to help with his pets.

Jonathan Perkins, UCLA’s director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, was finally given the ax in a letter on Friday after he gushed he was “glad” about the vicious murder of the Turning Point USA founder.

“Given the nature of your role as a Director of Race and Equity, the university has determined that this conduct significantly undermined trust in your leadership and adversely affected the office’s effectiveness and credibility,” the university told him in a termination letter obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

“It is OKAY to be happy when someone who hated you and called for your people’s death dies — even if they are murdered,” he wrote on the social media app Bluesky. “Good riddance,” he added. “I’m always glad when bigots die.”

Disgusting.

It seems like this creep has a history of stirring things up:

After waiting for the statute of limitations to pass, he recanted his hoax admission. He recently celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination and had also wished death upon Justice Clarence Thomas. 

Perkins makes me ashamed to be a UCLA alumnus.

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Of course, Perkins, being the saint of a guy he appears to be, will take the matter to the courts:

His last day on the payroll for the $137,000-a-year gig was Jan. 30, according to the letter. It’s not clear what took the university so long to make its determination.

Perkins intends to file a lawsuit challenging his dismissal, claiming he was exercising his right to free speech when he made the comments on social media in the immediate aftermath of the killing on Sept. 10, 2025.

And, of course, Perkins wants money. He recently set up a GoFundMe for relocation expenses, legal fees, and cash to help his two dogs and cats. I'm going to hold on to my dough, thank you very much.

Maybe he was exercising his right to free speech — but that doesn’t mean UCLA has to pay him for his vitriol. The university, a public institution that is part of the once-revered University of California system, rarely gets things right these days, but they did here.

Bon voyage, Jonathan; good luck in finding another outlet for your hate.

Editor's Note: This article was updated to include more information about his GoFundMe.