The Northampton County Republican Party and other conservative organizations plan to protest at the courthouse tonight. They are mad at County Councilwoman Kelly Keegan for highly insensitive remarks about Charlie Kirk, namely that he is a monster and that his wife and children are better off with him gone. They want things to stay peaceful at their rally, and I hope they do. One of the first political acts I took was going to a council meeting in protest of former Councilman Ron Angle making insensitive remarks about Black people and Jewish people on the radio. I can’t knock them for doing this.

I’ve always liked Kelly personally, but her statements serve absolutely no purpose. I’ve heard some people defend it with, “but I was right, he believed vile things,” and my response to that is so what? The only people excited by what you say, or agreeing with you, were people who already agree with you. You’re not informing anyone. You’re preaching to the faithful. You have a legal right to do so, but what does that do for anyone? The guy is dead either way, arguing about him is a bad look.

So now I’m sure people at this rally are going to call for her head on a stick. The truth is, absolutely nothing can or should be done now, unless Kelly wants to step back, and I doubt she will. The rest of the council has zero power to remove her. She’s not going to be impeached by the State House, that would be ridiculous. My guess is that the Easton School District cannot fire her from her job legally, so other than trying to make her miserable, they’re powerless. As a citizen, Keegan enjoys an absolute First Amendment protection to make statements like she did without legal repercussions. I’m glad she does too, I believe we are all free from government punishment for saying who we are. I believe Kelly will face zero repercussions for what she said, and I think she should face zero repercussions for what she said. Period. The next time angry citizens can do anything about her is the 2027 election, when her term ends. Let’s see if any of these angry keyboard warriors still care by then. I’m certainly not saying they should go away and give up. I’m saying they will.

Of course I have to take a shot at the Northampton County GOP though to end this, even though I’m totally cool with them rallying- the chairman and his rutabaga he nominated for Executive still are trying to run a campaign against the outgoing Executive, even when they protest someone else. What actions did the Executive take in regards to Keegan? There is no legal action for him. I realize they nominated a turnip who can’t put a sentence together, so maybe he not only doesn’t believe in free speech, but any speech. But really though, did they just throw in “Lamont McClure” out of instinct? The guy has nothing to do with this, but these weirdos just can’t let go the obsession. Also, this is the party that nominated Steve Lynch for Executive, are they really mad about social media ranting?

Everyone who goes, have fun at the circus.