Michigan School Teacher Says He Was Fired From Job For Supporting Trump

A high school teacher in Walled Lake, Michigan, has claimed that he was fired from the job for tweeting "Trump is our President."

Justin Kucera, a social studies teacher and baseball coach at Walled Lake Western High School, tweeted on July 6, "I'm done being silent. @realDonaldTrump is our president."

The 28-year-old says he was summoned to a Zoom meeting with district administrators for showing support to Trump's decision to reopen schools by retweeting Trump’s post that read, “Schools must open in the fall!!!”

"I was required to meet with [human resources], the superintendent, and my principal [on July 10],” Kucera told Washington Free Beacon. “They initially took my statement on why I tweeted those tweets and they told me they would have a decision about my future employment in the upcoming days. When they completed the meeting, I was told I had the option to either be fired or resign."

When he said he does not intend to resign, the authorities told him his last day was July 17.

Kucera told the outlet that he apologized for bringing in negative attention to the school but not for his tweet.

"I know a lot of people are just rooting for Trump to fail, and I don't think that anybody should do that," he said. "Agree with him or not, you should want the president to do well. I apologized that [my tweet] brought so much negative attention, but I'm not sorry for what I said."

The Oakland County school district denied the allegations, saying "no disciplinary action was taken as a result of any support of President Trump." The district refused to comment further, Detroit News reports.

Kucera says the school union informed him the tweets affected the business of the school, which would be grounds for firing, mainly because the school's title was listed on his Twitter page. He added that no such action was taken against other teachers who had tweeted negative remarks about the president.

Calling the story "incredibly disturbing", Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Laura Cox told Detroit News, "No public employee should have to fear for their job because of their political beliefs."

Students and parents say Kucera never spoke politics in the classroom. A student even tweeted that she would need to find a new "favorite teacher" now.