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Bennet Dodges Responsibility for Provoking Student Walkout at Colorado Shooting Vigil
Washington Free Beacon ^ | May 10, 2019 | Haris Alic

Posted on 05/10/2019 3:11:10 PM PDT by detective

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet is dodging responsibility for his role in provoking a student walkout at a vigil for victims of the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting.

Bennet, who has represented Colorado in the Senate since 2009, responded to criticism that a vigil organized by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence on Wednesday was unduly politicized. The vigil drew national attention after a mass of students walked out in protest because numerous speakers, including Bennett, chose to argue in favor of gun-control while honoring the victims.

"Last night should have been about Kendrick Castillo and the STEM School students," a Bennet spokeswoman said on Thursday. "They are our focus and the event should have been set up to ensure their voices were fully heard."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; bennet; blooddance; colorado; democrat; guncontrol; shooting
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"This was not a vigil. This was purely a political stunt," one of the students said, according to a local NBC affiliate. "This is not what we wanted for Kendrick."

"We didn't want Kendrick to be a prop," the student continued. "We wanted Kendrick to be mourned, we wanted all of you to join us in that mourning, but that was not allowed here."

1 posted on 05/10/2019 3:11:10 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

They were looking for more David Hoggs within the student body. Disgraceful to say the least.


2 posted on 05/10/2019 3:15:33 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: detective

I’m heartened that the students were able to discern
that they were being used, there is hope for the young.


3 posted on 05/10/2019 3:18:42 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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These kids are a cut above those Parkland DUmmies, Hogg and his ilk.


4 posted on 05/10/2019 3:21:41 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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These kids are very smart this charter school was not only expensive to attend it had a very rigorous study program in science, tech, English and math I would assume most of their parents are business owners and on the conservative side!!! These kids are NO PUSHOVERS, hopefully they will be tomorrows leaders!!! GOOD JOB parents!!! I don’t know how these two LOSERS ended up in this school, probably some sort of affirmative action BS!!!


5 posted on 05/10/2019 3:29:44 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

If you’ve seen their photos, they look like whack job losers.


6 posted on 05/10/2019 3:38:58 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: detective

And those kids - right there - are the reason I became a Firearms Instructor.

Teach them. To protect themselves. To protect others. And to NEVER let anyone make them defenseless.

The next generation of Sheepdogs, right there.

In the democrats’ faces.


7 posted on 05/10/2019 4:11:33 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

“These kids are very smart this charter school was not only expensive to attend it had a very rigorous study program in science, tech, English and math”

Don’t know why people on FR keep repeating this myth. This is a charter school operated Douglas County School District. Thier web site explains:

Enrollment: Students are selected through annual lottery. No testing is required. We are a free, public charter school.

The school is taxpayer funded. Check your information before posting.


8 posted on 05/10/2019 4:42:57 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: colorado tanker

Are you referring to the students at the school? What an odd thing to say.


9 posted on 05/10/2019 5:54:07 PM PDT by luv2ski
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To: Robert DeLong
 
 
They were looking for more David Hoggs within the student body.
 
Not at that school. Saw a brief bit of video yesterday, where some students were being interviewed together. A small boy said he had a baseball bat handy and intended to "go down fighting", others sitting there nodded their heads in agreement. Those two goblins chose the wrong school to shoot up. They wouldn't have had enough bullets to deal with the counterattack that was brewing.
 
 

10 posted on 05/10/2019 5:55:21 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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Sounds like these students were the “Let’s roll!” Type who weren’t going to be victimized. From what I understand, the student who died did so rushing the shooters.


11 posted on 05/10/2019 7:17:07 PM PDT by Reddy ( B.O. stinks)
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To: detective

Watching a hack like Michael Bennett trying to pee backwards would almost be funny if it wasn’t so predictably typical and despicable...


12 posted on 05/10/2019 7:43:50 PM PDT by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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To: lapsus calami

All true, but these idiots were still looking for them, that was their sole purpose. But supposedly the 2 that shot up the school were also students. Too bad that at least one of the shooters was an Obama supporter who hated Trump, so now we are not to talk about the killers. Had he been a Trump supporter they would be talking about him non-stop. Bravado after the fact is murky at best. Though there were 3 that unquestionably possessed proven bravado, and their actions saved many others. So the others that spoke up may have indeed possessed real bravado as well. Hopefully they will never be in another situation like this to prove their spoken bravado was the real deal.


13 posted on 05/10/2019 8:42:36 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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The students walking out of the Bolshevik rally and calling it "BULL****" while on the way out to organize a memorial service on their own was "bravado after the fact" also?
 
Find the video I saw and study their eyes, faces, body language and judge for yourself. It was aired on the NBC network though local Colorado media sources may be the origin.
 
 

14 posted on 05/10/2019 9:32:02 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: lapsus calami

That’s not bravado, but it is intelligent. Bravado is running towards the fire, not away from it. Walking out does not take courage, but it does take intelligence.


15 posted on 05/10/2019 9:44:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
 
 
What are you trying to do by posting opinions about a video you haven't watched. Not the route to take for intelligent interpretation.
 
 

16 posted on 05/10/2019 10:35:02 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Reddy

Todd Beamer,,,
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“Let’s Roll!”

It’s what Americans Do.


17 posted on 05/11/2019 6:17:40 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: lapsus calami

I do not need to see a video to know the different between bravado and intelligence. What the students did by walking out was a clear sign of intelligence. The three that rushed the shooters on the other hand definitely proved they possessed bravado. I don’t understand why you are getting your panties in a wad though. Care to explain that?


18 posted on 05/11/2019 8:02:40 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: luv2ski

I was referring to the perps. Hello?


19 posted on 05/11/2019 10:32:59 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Robert DeLong
 
 
Why get all huffy and profane over being asked a relevant question?
 
 

20 posted on 05/14/2019 12:56:58 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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