News anchor who resigned after being suspended for Charlie Kirk tribute speaks out

Exclusive- A former Illinois TV station says she’s happy Quit her job Instead of having to remain silent about the recent assassination of Conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Former WICS-ABC20 Springfield host Beni Rae Harmony spoke with Fox News Digital, who was suspended after announcing his tribute to Kirk last Friday and refusing to remove him from his social media account.

Harmony previously worked at Turning Point America, and conservative advocacy group Kirk was founded at the age of 18 between 2021 and 2022.

“I said, ‘Well, I won’t stick with it.’ I said, “I resigned, I refuse to be silent.

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Harmony explains to Fox Kirk was murderedshe felt compelled to speak in his memory. Harmony hosted a “market” show about the Central Illinois community before quitting.

“I’ve finished my rundown, finished scripts, and I just feel, ‘I have to say something. I have to do something.’ I went to the last block and I made a few words, not even a lot.”

The former anchor believes her news broadcast director will only delete or edit the remarks, or “censor me, not even have to say anything,” but they don’t.

During this part, Harmony pays tribute to her murdered former mentor.

She said: “I want you to know that if you feel sad, that is OK, if you feel sad.

She continued, and she continued, “I want to share my favorite sentence with you, Charlie always tells us in the office. He will yell from the top of the hill, so listen.’ When the conversation stops happening, when the individual becomes speechless, that’s when the violence begins.”

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Harmony said her supervisor said she needed to remove the segment after posting it to her personal social media account on Friday. Harmony refused, she said, and warned her of the consequences.

When she returned to the newsroom on Monday, she was told she would evacuate that day and could be terminated.

“I said, ‘Did you tell me I’d be fired for paying homage to people I know and those I feel sad?” “‘Well, I’m not going to stick with it.'”

Harmony resigned, and her resignation announcement soon spread.

WICS-ABC20 Springfield Tell Fox News Digital, “News Channel 20 has not been fired or suspended for anyone in the past 90 days.” The media declined to comment when asked if it threatened a suspension. The store owned by the Rincon Broadcasting Group confirmed that Harmony resigned.

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Harmony told Fox that she met Kirk in 2020 while at Arizona State University. He inspired her to start her own turning point at Springfield America chapter and pursue her media and political dreams.

“That’s how I was involved at the turning point, and at the age of 18, I remember being in that protest and being fascinated,” she said. “I had the opportunity to meet him that night, and the knowledge that emanated from his brain, just the energy that feels around you, and that inspired me.”

She talks about her time working for the turning point and produces a performance by conservative commentator Jack Posobiec, where she must continue to meet Kirk, a regular on the show.

“I’m lucky to know him and have him bake me in the studio with Jack,” she said. “The man taught me something I’ll never forget.”

Harmony also reflects the huge impact of Kirk’s death on the country.

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“Some people are Democrats, liberals, liberals – you have every side of the political aisle. But if they are spiritual in any way, if they believe in God, if they are Christians, they will feel empty in their chest.