Office Depot refused to print the poster of Charlie Kirk Vigil, the employee called him “propaganda”
An Office Depot store in Portage, Michigan, refused to print a poster for a vigil by Charlie Kirk on Friday afternoon, with a printed supervisor calling “propaganda” equipment before canceling the paid order.
Matthew Deperno, a republican lawyer and activist, said that the Kalamazoo County Republican Party had placed the order from $ 56.17 to 2 24 for a vigil scheduled that evening. Three hours later, a store printing supervisor named “Beryl” called the organizers to inform them that the order would not be over.
“Hey @OfficeDepot @OfficeMax, do you think it’s acceptable?” Deperno wrote on X, publishing a video from the interior of the store and a receipt for the canceled order. The position collected more than 100,000 views on Friday evening.
Today at 2:24 p.m., the Kalamazoo County Republican Party #kgop placed an order for a poster of #Charliekirk For a vigil tonight. At 5.30 am, “Beryl”, the printed supervisor (Guy on the left) called and said they refused to print the poster because it is “propaganda”. Hey @Officeepot… pic.twitter.com/pkhaq2oqda
– Matthew S. Deperno, Esq. (@mdeperno) September 12, 2025
The group then went to Fedex, where the staff printed the poster free of charge and apologized for the actions of Office Depot. Office Depot apologized after the incident. (Related: TMZ apologizes for the deaf laughter ” in the middle of the assassination cover of Charlie Kirk)
“The behavior displayed by our partner is completely unacceptable and insensitive, violates the policies of our businesses and does not reflect the values that we maintain at Office Depot,” the company said in its press release. “On behalf of the company, we sincerely apologize for this regrettable situation.”
Office Depot said it had contacted Deperno to respond to concerns and respond to the order, and dismissed the employee involved.
“By learning the incident, we immediately contacted the customer to respond to their concerns and seek to respect their order for their satisfaction,” said Office Depot. “We have also launched an immediate internal examination and, therefore, the involved partner is no longer for the organization.”
Social media users have called to boycott the office supply chain.
“Holy Crap. A customer placed an order and paid a poster for a vigil for Charlie. @OfficeDepot refused to print it because he said it was “propaganda”. Wtf @OfficeDepot?! “Tiktok Libs wrote on X.
The daily contacted Office Depot to comment.
