Posted on 09/17/2019 2:56:17 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
NEW LONDON, N.C. — The North Stanly High School cheerleading squad has been placed on probation by the N.C. High School Athletic Association after members of the team held up a Trump 2020 sign at a school event last week, and 8th District Congressman Richard Hudson is calling foul.
Hudson, a Republican, sent a letter to NCHSAA Commissioner Que Tucker on Tuesday questioning why the the association placed the cheerleading squad on probation.
"As the representative of Stanly County, I am appalled these students are being punished for exercising their First Amendment right to free speech," Hudson said in the letter. "As leaders, we should be encouraging America's youth to participate in our democracy and political process – not punishing and silencing them. These North Stanly students respectfully displayed a sign and took a picture. They did not cause a scene, participate in a protest or break any school code of conduct."
Members of the cheerleading team and other students were photographed holding a Trump 2020 sign that said "Make America Great Again."
(Excerpt) Read more at highschoolot.com ...
According to a report by The Stanly News and Press, the school system did not punish the students because no school district rules were broken.
Tucker released a statement to the media, in what she says is an attempt to clarify the story.
"NCHSAA probation, in and of itself, is not a punishment. It serves as a notice of behavior or action that is against NCHSAA Handbook Policy or contrary to expectations of sportsmanship and proper behavior," Tucker said in a written statement.
“While the NCHSAA does not have a specific policy prohibiting the display of political advertisements at athletic events, the behavior was contrary to the NCHSAA’s 'Philosophy of Cheerleading,'" Tucker continued. The philosophy suggests that cheerleaders represent the school and fans in a positive manner while showing support for the team.
Sounds like a steaming pile to me. Next, the same cheerleaders should hold up an Obama sign, and see if the chumps will put them on probation again, I am SURE an Obama sign would be just fine with those chumps. What a bunch of a$$ hats.
I’m glad the national spotlight is being beamed onto this act. Such political bias and pigheaded behavior has got to stop. Your candidate lost. Get over it. These girls need to sue. Financial culpability is all they will really understand. They are too ignorant to be shamed over this.
So they DIDN’T do anything wrong!
The idea of posing next to a Trump sign is only offending sensibilities that want to be offended.
Sue that organization.
The word “positive” means not showing liberal insanity means you are on probation.
determinates = determinations
Has Trump invited them to the White House yet? Stick it in the old hags face!
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article176050106.html
This Tucker dude needs a protest outside his business, his home, his grocery store, his bank! He is a puss on society and we need to show this self righteous prick that there are indeed consequences to playing God! I am so fed up with libs wrecking our first amendment rightward! Don’t tread on us!
Everyone who loves America IS furious and outraged!
Most of them didn’t kneel—they crouched.
FWIW the thing looked staged to me, though perhaps High School football in North Carolina now generates the same amount of interest that High School golf generated in Oregon in the 1980s.
I’m a little out of the loop.
Yeah, I’m in the same outer loop as you.
The point is that during the anthem, you stand with hand over heart, not kneel nor crouch. And if you watch their interview in the video, they were clearly making a political statement.
He should!
Naturally.
I agree with your point.
My “being out of the loop” was a little sarcastic.
I can imagine a turn out like this in New England (of course I don’t care for New England) or a town of less than 400 in a sparsley populated area.
But Charlotte?
“”NCHSAA probation, in and of itself, is not a punishment. “
It was only single, public probation.
Oh but they do, as long as their supported political party is the Democrat Party. Otherwise, probation is in order as they see it. If their support is for the Democrat Party they might tell them this is against policy, so don't so it again. Wink wink.
And he is the President after all. They cannot support their president?
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