UC Irvine Lecturer Appears to Endorse Violence Against Nick Shirley Before Sept. 10 Event
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
UC Irvine Lecturer Appears to Endorse Violence Against Nick Shirley Before Sept. 10 Event
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Summary
Screenshots reviewed by Yard Report showed UC Irvine lecturer Matthew Goldman commenting on a Harvard Republican Club post about Nick Shirley’s Wednesday appearance, writing, “Someone can do the funniest thing just before the Kirkiversary.”
The remark drew scrutiny because Thursday is the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 10, 2025 assassination, and Shirley was due to speak at Harvard Republicans at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Goldman also appeared in another comment to write, “only good ICE agent is a dead one”; afterward, his social accounts were set to private and his UC Irvine faculty biography page appeared to be removed.
Chapman University, where Goldman also listed himself as a lecturer, said he is not currently on campus or teaching there, while the Harvard Republican Club said the episode reflected a wider normalization of political violence on campuses.