An investigation byYellowhammer News today uncovered the City of Opelika has removed Mallory Hagan’s name from the city’s official welcome signs.
The overnight change came after a petition to remove official town signs honoring Hagan had been signed onto by nearly 1,000 residents. The signs were initially put up to honor her winning the Miss America pageant in 2013.
The petition’s author also claimed victory on Tuesday night.
“I am writing to let you all know that the city has removed the signs. We are thankful to the city and Mayor for their swift action in this matter,” Lori S. wrote, along with a timely quote from Kirk.
While Opelika officials were not able to comment on the removal on Wednesday morning, before and after pictures of the sign confirms it:
Residents were upset over unhinged videos she posted to TikTok in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“Idea that I shouldn’t speak about the vile human being that Charlie Kirk is because he was a husband and a father, is absolutely asinine to me,” Hagan said.
“Yes, he was a husband to someone who chose him, and yes, he was a father. And the thing I can get behind is that those kids absolutely did not deserve that. They did not deserve for their father to be gunned down in the middle of a public square, essentially Charlie Kirk, on top of being a bigot and a racist, was also selfish. He knew every single day that he went out into the public espousing the type of rhetoric and views that he did, that he was putting himself in danger, and that wasn’t enough for him to not do it in the first place. He could have chosen his wife and family.”
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