Ballou is a H.S. in D.C. and I guess Plotkin was arguing for D.C. statehood--i.e., he's asking the First Lady why those in the band are denied the chance to become a U.S. Rep., etc., because of D.C.'s status as not-a-state...
C'mon man, leave the First Lady alone and don't drag politics into a cultural event...
Besides, it’s not like DC is a prison ~ those kids can all grow up and leave town as fast as they can ~ leastwise that’s what they ought to do. They can run for Congress somewhere else.
“Freedom of Speech” also includes the right for listeners to treat the speaker like they’re an idiot.
What a jerk! He took away the honor given to the school with his boorish behavior.
This guy obviously favors the democrats getting one more state and the resulting district(s). This was an event to honor the young people and he didn’t have the mental faculties to understand his comments would compete with the nice memories such an event would provide for them. What a moron...
What person would repay the honor of being invited to a White House event to honor some young kids, to yell across the room at the First Lady.
It sounds as if Laura handled it just right. And this lame brain got just what he deserved.
——don’t taze me bro-—
Another idiot chile asking dumbass questions because he wants to be star of the show
“He claims that White House staffers told him that the question was “out of line” and “disrespectful.” “
And stupid.
Mark Plotkin. What a colossal boor. (”Boor” is college for “@$$hole”.)
the guy should read the constitution.
No one has to live in the District of Columbia just as no one has to live in Guam or in Puerto Rico. Those who freely choose to live there should know that the District of Columbia was set up to be the nation’s capital and not part of any state and therefore they have no representation in Congress. That’s the way it is...and the way it should be.
The guys’s a real clymer.
Just my opinion of course.
Distinguished career! Distinguished for failure.
The guy sounds like a first class jackass.
This clown Mark Plotkin ran for DC city council several times, with rather notable unsuccess. One election, when he refused to concede despite losing by a landslide he said he was “still waiting for the farm vote to come in.” A pretty good excuse in a major American city, if you ask me.
Plotkin is a Clymer, big time!
You can bet your bippy that if the Beast is elected, and Congress adds jackasses, a strong attempt will be made to award two looney left senators and a radical representative to Congress.
Plotkin should get a time out for a few months, IMO. As far as DC statehood goes, it makes more sense for Maryland to follow the example made by Virginia, and take back jurisdiction of all but a 1 mile by 1 mile area to shrink the District to a Federal enclave as it should be. That is, Washington, DC, originally was a 10 mile by 10 mile area (100 sq. miles) carved out of Maryland and Virginia. As a result of the Virginia portion going back to the State of Virginia, the District of Columbia is now 69.5 sq. miles. It makes sense for Maryland to follow the example of Virginia. Perhaps the District of Columbia should be 1 mile by 1 mile in area for the seat of government. Then Maryland could take over the governing of 68.5 sq. miles of the former District. That way, voting representatives can be added to the Congress per the population rules.
But, instead, Plotkin attempts to jump all over the First Lady in a highly inappropriate, hostile question. Plotkin identifies himself as a partisan, leftist with that kind of question.
I agree that DC should be returned to Maryland, if Maryland will have it.
DC resident sohould be able to vote on their own House Representative, as part of the state of Maryland.