US 250th birthday organizer fired over Kirk post, leadership clashes

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00:00The man tasked with planning America's 250th birthday celebration has been fired.

00:08The America 250 Commission fired 25-year-old Ariel Abergel.

00:14Abergel was appointed to organize the country's birthday celebration

00:17and the military parade that took place earlier this year in Washington, D.C.

00:23Abergel claims he was fired following an unapproved post

00:27on the official America 250 Instagram page.

00:31The post honored Charlie Kirk but was not approved by the commission.

00:35A commission spokesperson told Newsweek Abergel was fired, quote,

00:39after he initiated a security breach of a commission's social media account,

00:45attempted to procure the resignations of multiple commissioners

00:49by misrepresenting himself as acting on behalf of congressional leadership

00:54and engaged in multiple other serious and repeated breaches of authority and trust.

01:01Abergel responded to The Wall Street Journal,

01:03claiming that statement was full of what he called malicious lies.

01:07The America 250 Commission plans to quickly hire a new executive director.

01:13For Straight Arrow News, I'm Cara Rucker.

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