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Official kneels during Pledge of Allegiance to protest Trump [Connecticut]
Associated Press ^ | 7/31/2018 | Staff

Posted on 07/31/2018 12:24:24 PM PDT by simpson96

HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — A town official opposed to President Donald Trump’s policies took a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance at a tense meeting packed with more than 100 people, dividing community residents and furthering an intense debate over protests and the First Amendment.

Haddam Selectwoman Melissa Schlag faced jeers while she kneeled during the pledge on Monday and asked residents and politicians to not add words to her “silent protest.”

“I appreciate everyone coming out because this is truly town government at its best,” Schlag, a Democrat, said after the demonstration. “We need to continue the conversation or hate will continue to fester.”

Haddam resident Marine Pablo Arroyo told Schlag she should protest on her own time.

“I am not here to disrespect you as you’ve done to my flag, my country,” Arroyo said.(snip)

Schlag said she began kneeling during the pledge earlier this month to protest Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his hard-line stance on immigration and other policies.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


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Typical liberal female who looks like she has dirty hair and is smelly.

They really cleaned her up for that ad.

1 posted on 07/31/2018 12:24:24 PM PDT by simpson96
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this is truly town government at its best

No, it's the worst and so is this self-involved b*tch.

2 posted on 07/31/2018 12:25:30 PM PDT by relictele
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What a frikkin’ liberal moron. But of course, that’s redundant.


3 posted on 07/31/2018 12:27:07 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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CT has become another New England sh*thole.


4 posted on 07/31/2018 12:29:02 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Ct is loaded with Scags like Schlag.


5 posted on 07/31/2018 12:30:25 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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A stupid broad who looks like 20 miles of bad road.


6 posted on 07/31/2018 12:31:57 PM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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What exactly is she protesting?


7 posted on 07/31/2018 12:33:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Someone who shouldn’t have the right to bear children.


8 posted on 07/31/2018 12:35:16 PM PDT by jimbug
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"...dirty hair and is smelly..."


I swear I can spot a leftwinger from a quarter-mile away purely by the shape of their absurd eyeglasses and silly hairstyles.

9 posted on 07/31/2018 12:35:32 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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The gal took a double knee at this meeting..
The blue dress didn't place her hand over the heart.
Rolly Polly was looking outside away from the flag.
May she couldn't reach it.


10 posted on 07/31/2018 12:36:24 PM PDT by deport
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Perhaps we were too kindly behaved when the crypto-muslim bath-house marxist was in the White House. I’m having second thoughts.


11 posted on 07/31/2018 12:36:42 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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Kissing up to the liberal hate-America crowd. Listen, biuytch, if you have a beef with Trump, tell him. Don’t diss the pledge.


12 posted on 07/31/2018 12:37:02 PM PDT by I want the USA back (This week's hysteria: Russia Probe again!)
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Well, since you do not hold allegiance to the country in which you reside, don’t you think it would be best for you to GET THE HELL OUT???????


13 posted on 07/31/2018 12:37:07 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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Everyone in my little berg just laughs and laughs whenever I tell them that there are “Cankles and Bent Ones” in every city council, INCLUDING OURS, across the country. Each one aspiring to be the next totalitarian dictator of America.

I am the kook who lost his tin foil hat. Funny looks and they just laugh in disbelief as they hastily retreat from my presence.....eyes darting first left, then right.


14 posted on 07/31/2018 12:37:33 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
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That was my thought too! Personal appearance means a lot.


15 posted on 07/31/2018 12:38:29 PM PDT by southernindymom
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Willing to bet it wasn’t a first for her being on get knees.


16 posted on 07/31/2018 12:40:23 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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She is a “nasty” woman.


17 posted on 07/31/2018 12:41:22 PM PDT by jonsie
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Yes the famed Hillary look and aroma.


18 posted on 07/31/2018 12:43:16 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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“Haddam Selectwoman Melissa Schlag faced jeers while she kneeled during the pledge”...”

While you are down there Ms Skag....


19 posted on 07/31/2018 12:45:56 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Oh my. Did she lose her legs in The War On Women?


20 posted on 07/31/2018 12:46:53 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Regressive Swamp Dwellers)
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