What to Know
Since President Trump took office in January 2025, if you criticize the government, you are in danger. Two people have lost their lives in Minnesota while protesting the presence of ICE in the state. And instead of condemning the killing of innocent citizens at the hands of the government, those in charge are trying to make dead people out to be the problem. Florida nurse Lexie Lawler, tired of the hypocrisy of the government, used her personal TikTok account to make a bold statement about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. And less than a day later, she didn’t have a job.
“As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy to wish Karoline Leavitt a fourth-degree tear,” Lawler said in a since-deleted post that is still circulating on social media, People reported. “I hope that you f—ing rip from bow to stern and never sh– normally again, you c—.”
The post blew up on social media, with Trump supporters immediately calling for Lawler’s termination. It’s not lost on me that this is the same group of people who seem to have no issues with violence when it’s at the hands of the government, are big mad about the ill-will of a nurse who will never interact with Leavitt.
Here’s the thing…
I can totally understand where Lawler was coming from when she made that video. She’s frustrated by constantly seeing Karoline Leavitt justifying the horrific actions of this cruel government. And while I might have saved those comments for the group chat and not TikTok, I fully agree in preserving her right to say them publicly.
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital confirmed that Lexie Lawler is no longer employed there in a statement to CBS12.
“The comments made in a social media video by a nurse at one of our facilities do not reflect our values or the standards we expect of healthcare professionals,” the statement said. “Following a prompt review, the individual is no longer employed by our health system.”
According to the statement, the hospital believes in the right to have personal opinions.
However, they said “there is no place in healthcare for language or behavior that calls into question a caregiver’s ability to provide compassionate, unbiased care.”
Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer shared his thoughts on Lawler’s comments on social media. “These disgusting comments have no place in medicine or in our community,” he wrote.
“Lexie Lawler was fired for political speech.”
Her husband Tim Lawler shared that belief in a GoFundMe fundraiser he started.
“She is a liberal woman who used her personal social media — on her own time — to sharply criticize a public figure tied to a cruel, harmful administration. Her words were blunt, angry, and unapologetic. They were directed at power, not her workplace.”
He argued that her comments were “lawful,” adding the “retaliation” she’s facing is “real.”
Tim Lawler then criticized Baptist Health Boca Raton for choosing “risk management over free expression” and firing his wife. He explained that he started the fundraiser to obtain “employment and civil rights counsel so Lexie can defend herself without being financially bullied into silence.”
What Lexie Lawler is experiencing is a stark reminder of the fact that free speech isn’t free in the United States if you’re using it to criticize the government.
