What happens next for the Florida nurse fired over viral social media comments?

Описание: WHAT'S NEXT? | A Boca Raton nurse’s fight over a lost job and a threatened license is stirring a major free‑speech debate — where do you stand? CBS12's Katie Bente reports.

A former Boca Raton labor and delivery nurse fired over social media comments is continuing to speak publicly online — as Florida’s attorney general pushes for her nursing license to be revoked and expands scrutiny to a second nurse.

Lexie Lawler was terminated from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital after posting graphic remarks about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is pregnant.

Lawler declined to comment to CBS12 News, but in a profanity-laced video, she dismissed the backlash.

“They murdered a man in Minnesota, and you [bleep] are coming after me because I use bad language [bleep] you,” Lawler said in a recent social media post. “I’m on the right side of this.”

Lawler’s husband has since launched a GoFundMe campaign seeking $14,000 for legal expenses. The fundraiser frames her firing as retaliation for political speech and says the money will go toward employment and civil rights counsel.

Read more: https://cbs12.com/news/local/job-lost...

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