A man who claims to be a military veteran said a Louisiana school rescinded a coaching job offer over social media posts he made about the coronavirus pandemic.
George Kemper, who Fox News reported was an Army specialist in Northeastern Syria and graduated from Loyola Academy in 2013, expressed his disappointment to the outlet during an interview on Thursday.
“I got out of the Army back in May of last year,” Kemper said. “In October, I reached out to the school, and in November, they offered me a job to coach there.”
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The report said Kemper accepted the offer as a part-time baseball coach in writing. “But come January,” he said, “they reached out and said that certain posts and political opinions I voiced didn’t reflect well on the school, so they pulled the offer. And since then, I was really disappointed about it.”
Screenshots of Facebook posts in November and December show he questioned restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
“A message to all those who wasted their Thanksgiving being scared and staying home,” he said in a post on Dec. 10. “We traveled to Florida and back, went shopping, enjoyed the beach, and more without any issues … I urge you to not give into the fear and spend your Christmas in hiding.”
Another one appeared to reference the Holocaust.
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“I bet there were plenty of Jews in Germany who were called conspiracy theorists at the start of it all,” he said in a post on Dec. 17.
“Loyola Academy does not comment on personnel issues,” the school said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “We are grateful to all those who service our country in the armed forces.”
