Hillary Endorses 11-Year-Old Girl for Kneeling During Pledge of Allegiance
Hillary Clinton praises kneeling during the Pledge. Andrew Cuomo says America was never that great. Do they hear themselves? Is their platform now anti-American?
They think they’ll win over the electorate with that? It tells me they’ve written off 2018 and probably 2020. Imagine that, their long game strategy is to be Anti-American. Democrats are delusional.
It takes courage to exercise your right to protest injustice, especially when you’re 11! Keep up the good work Mariana. https://t.co/vnGheuWyJ0
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 15, 2018
Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offered an endorsement on Wednesday to an 11-year-old girl for kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance, telling her to “keep up the good work.”
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Clinton tweeted in response to a NowThis video about Mariana Taylor, a sixth-grader at Catonsville Middle School in Baltimore County, Maryland. The video talks about how she was reprimanded by her teacher in May for kneeling in protest during the Pledge of Allegiance. Taylor, a student “with strong beliefs about racial injustice, sexism, gay rights and President Trump’s proposed wall at the Mexico border,” said she was inspired to kneel by former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and his protests against racial injustice, the Washington Post reported.
“It takes courage to exercise your right to protest injustice, especially when you’re 11! Keep up the good work Mariana,” Clinton tweeted.
Taylor told the Post she began kneeling durning the pledge to “to show people that what’s going on is not okay.”
The student said she was berated by her teacher on the third day of kneeling and was told she should be standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to honor the good things in America. The sixth-grader also said her teacher told her she was disrespecting the country by kneeling, noting she had family overseas, according to the Post.
“It was very upsetting that she came up and confronted me and said I was disrespecting the country,” said Taylor, who left the class in tears.
The teacher at one point argued that she acted out of concern for Mariana, worrying that the girl was fixated on the nation’s problems, according to the ACLU letter. “She did not explain how this concern would lead her to reprimand Mariana for being disrespectful,” the letter said. More
What exactly do 11 year olds have to protest about? I think this is a case of “monkey see monkey do”. How about her parents teach her how she can actually make a… https://t.co/SnYWNo4edP
— Intrepid Veteran NPO (@IntrepidVeteran) August 16, 2018
hillary Praises an 11 year old girl for kneeling for the Pledge of Allegiance🇺🇸💖
So Disgusting…
hillary you’re bound and Determined to try and Ruin Our Great Country
You are Such a Traitor
To The USA & Our Foundation&Beliefs.
The Constitution
https://t.co/uQGRqGsC0y— 💖Deplorable✴Suzi SUPER💞ELITE (@jeepsuzih2) August 16, 2018
And this woman who disrespects the American flag vied to become the President of the United States? Hair- raising!! https://t.co/MLmYa2peoh
— Bless the Just (@gloriakatz120) August 16, 2018
Horrible Hillary Endorses 11-Year-Old Girl for Kneeling During Pledge of Allegiance: ‘Keep Up the Good Work’ https://t.co/GdKFNWIZg9 These Democrats don’t even PRETEND to love this country anymore! They DO want to destroy it.
— Baglady❌ (@fubaglady) August 15, 2018
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