CHICO — A client set off a furor with a foul-mouthed video during which she confronted a Chico Goal worker for carrying a Charlie Kirk shirt on the job.
Within the video posted this week, a lady whose TikTok account makes use of the title Michelea Ponce approaches Goal worker Jeanie Beeman, 72, and asks why she is carrying the shirt at work. Beeman replies that she is allowed to put on any purple shirt. Ponce responds by cursing on the worker, calling her silly and telling her she is supporting a racist.
“This is going to be taken above your (expletive) head,” Ponce says to Beeman within the video. “That’s insane. Insane. In-(expletive)-sane. Piece of (expletive).”
Comfortable-spoken, Beeman tells Ponce, “I’m sorry but I’m not going to sit here and argue with you. … Have a nice day.”
Charlie Kirk is the late founding father of the on-campus conservative group Turning Level USA. He was well-known for his viral movies debating faculty college students throughout America earlier than he was shot and killed throughout a debate in Utah in September. Whereas he has been made right into a martyr by some on the political proper, Kirk was extremely controversial for inflammatory statements he made all through his profession.
Ponce’s video blew up, inflicting a wave of backlash. Her social media pages have since been made non-public. Conservative influencer Cassandra MacDonald, who additionally makes use of the final title Fairbanks, arrange a GiveSendGo fundraiser for Beeman, which in its first day received pledges of greater than $150,000.
“This individual berated her fellow Californian with unwarranted fury because she was wearing a shirt supporting Charlie Kirk,” wrote MacDonald within the description of the fundraiser. “Now, we are hoping to raise enough money so that she can afford a much-needed vacation. A time for her to relax, recharge and just forget about the ugliness.”
Jeanie from Goal
“I just went on with my day,” Beeman mentioned. “I talked it over with a couple of my friends that are employees. At just about the end of my shift I told one of the bosses, ‘I really need to talk to you.’ And he goes, ‘Is it about the video?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, she talked to me and showed me the video, and I told her that the shirt was OK. It was red.’”
Beeman mentioned she likes Kirk as a result of “he listened to the people’s concerns, and he would challenge them to think on their own.” Most significantly, she preferred that Kirk was a Christian. The message she mentioned he shared that resonated along with her most was “You got to find the Lord, and that’s where your peace is going to come from.”
Nonetheless processing the incident and the fundraiser, Beeman mentioned she has but to consider the best way to spend the cash raised for her.
“I’m still dumbfounded,” she mentioned with fun. “Everybody gave. They don’t even know me, you know? Just the little bit they saw on my video. I’m speechless on that too. I don’t know what to say. Thank you to everybody.”
Given the chance to speak to Ponce, Beeman mentioned she would inform her to easily be extra good.
Apology
“It’s very difficult when we’re taking those kind of calls, because you never know when somebody is trying to reach a family member or if a patient has a concern, and so we’re just asking people for restraint,” Wiltermood mentioned.
“Enloe Well being acknowledges that the off-hours habits by a medical assistant employed in certainly one of our outpatient clinics, as depicted in a current social media publish, was abhorrent and deeply regarding to our caregivers, our group and our neighborhood. The Goal worker who was verbally accosted on this publish deserves vital credit score for dealing with the scenario in a peaceful and picked up method. …
“Rest assured, the behavior depicted in this video does not mirror Enloe Health’s core values, and we are committed to doing what is right by taking the actions necessary to protect our patients and community. At this time, we ask for patience, grace and civility as we do so. As part of our policy and commitment to confidentiality, Enloe health does not provide comments or statements regarding individual employees or personnel matters.”
The Chico Police Division investigated the incident after receiving studies of it, however didn’t discover any legal violations to pursue, based on a launch from the division.
