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."
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Organize high school students Statewide and march on her office. Shut it down; occupy it just like the Left does. Enough!
Organize high school students Statewide and march on her office. Shut it down; occupy it just like the Left does. Enough! If Conservatives don’t take to the streets, then the kids will not have passion. As David Ha Melech said, “Is there not a reason to fight? Is there not a Cause.”
Carolina Peach made a great point on the FR NC state board that the teens get punished for being patriotic while a teacher in a Charlotte suburb told her class that VP Pence should be shot in the head and the school board’s response is crickets.
Just another outrage - both of them.
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