The experience took an unexpected turn when the teen said she tried to name a bear after Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated last month.
TUKWILA, Wash. — A Southwest Washington teenager says a trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop at Southcenter Mall turned into an uncomfortable confrontation when a store manager refused to print conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s name on her stuffed animal’s birth certificate.
Evi McCormick, 16, said she and friends visited the Tukwila location on Friday, intending to have fun creating custom teddy bears; hers inspired by a trend she saw on TikTok.
But the experience took an unexpected
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