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Dem Official Refuses To Stand For Flag and Vows To Call Police If Pledge of Allegiance Recited

17-1-2020 < No Fake News 33 1010 words
 
A North Carolina board of elections chairwoman refused to stand for the flag and threatened to call the police if anyone were to attempt to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a board meeting in the future.












A North Carolina board of elections chairwoman refused to stand for the flag and threatened to call the police if anyone were to attempt to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a board meeting in the future.






It has become increasingly clear in recent years that many on the left are not only uninterested in displaying respect to the country and the flag that represents it, they are openly hostile to any form of patriotism.


That was just proven Tuesday in a board of elections meeting in Bladen County, North Carolina, when three Democratic members of the board voted down a proposal to add the Pledge of Allegiance to the agenda.


The vote prompted an audience-member-led recitation — and the Democratic chairwoman threatened to call the police if anyone dared to “disrupt” proceedings by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the next meeting, according to the Washington Free Beacon.


The board of elections meeting for the county had been attended and filmed in its entirety by a local reporter for the Bladen Online media outlet.








WesternJournal report: The first order of business raised at the meeting was in regard to the Pledge and was raised by board member Emory White, a military veteran. Only White and the other Republican on the board, fellow veteran Michael Aycock, voted in favor of adding the Pledge to the agenda, while chairwoman Louella Thompson and fellow Democratic board members Deborah Belle and Patsy Sheppard voted against it.


A few moments after that vote, the floor was opened up for attendees to address the board with any questions, and several people spoke out in opposition to the decision to not recite the pledge prior to the start of board meetings, as is done with an opening invocation.


One person who spoke up in favor of the pledge actually proceeded to recite it, and he was joined by the vast majority of those in attendance, as well as the two Republican board members. The three Democratic members remained seated.


Thompson called for a short recess following the recitation of the pledge and then later, after the board had reconvened, the meeting went on as usual.


However, at the tail end of the meeting, just before it was adjourned, Thompson raised the issue of the earlier “disruption” regarding the pledge.


“The next meeting, if that happens again, law enforcement will be called because it is against the law to disrupt a meeting that is going on, and that is what happened today with the reciting of the pledge,” she said.


“So be prepared for that.”


According to the local Bladen Journal, Thompson had been appointed to her position as chair of the County Board of Elections by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, and the governor’s office was asked about what had transpired at that meeting regarding the pledge. As it turns out, the Democratic governor didn’t feel the same way as the chairwoman he appointed.


“The Governor leads the Pledge of Allegiance before every Council of State meeting. He doesn’t agree with the action taken and he thinks it’s a good practice to say it before a Board of Elections meeting,” spokeswoman Sadie Weiner wrote in an email to the Bladen Journal.


While the governor’s support for the pledge is appreciated, he clearly avoided addressing the issue of the threat to call law enforcement for a future recitation at a meeting.


Republican North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop, who represents part of the county, had no qualms about calling out that particular aspect of the incident.


“I was appalled that the Chairwoman of the Bladen County Board of Elections will prevent board members — on threat of arrest — from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance,” Bishop said in a statement.


“It shows a twisted moral code to oppress the right to honor a flag that stands for freedom from oppression. I stand with the board members who continue to revere and respect our flag and those who lost their lives defending it.”


It is nothing short of amazing that some folks on the left have chosen to make something as fundamental as the pledge of allegiance into a divisive political issue.


The fact that Thompson would actually threaten to call the police over the recitation of the pledge — in essence, calling the government to complain about people pledging loyalty to the government — is downright baffling and hopefully, she will reconsider when the issue inevitably arises again.






Baxter Dmitry



Baxter Dmitry



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