Conn. Official Takes Knee During Pledge of Allegiance

Nick Kangadis | July 26, 2018
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Those on the far-left crave attention. They act like petulant children all in an effort to garner some kind of sympathy or empathy from people that already agree with them.

Well, those of us that subscribe to a common sense mentality — instead of those that base absolutely everything on their feelings — see right through that garbage and call it out when the situation merits it.

And this situation definitely merits a heightened level of mocking.

Connecticut Selectwoman Melissa Schlag (D-Haddam), who's also an environmental activist, figured she could get the attention she so richly deserves by kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance at the July 16 selectman’s meeting in order to protest President Trump. Citizens of the area were present for the self-righteous, attention-seeking act by Schlag.

Here’s video of Schlag’s “protest”:

 

Schlag, who supported Socialist Bernie Sanders in the 2016 election cycle, according to the Hartford Courant, said that she “didn’t kneel because I hated my country. I knelt because I love my country."

The far-Left likes to use the ‘I did it because I love my country’ line so often that it now has the same impact as race hustlers who constantly accuse people of racism. Most of us love our country. Kneeling or protesting while observing some of America’s greatest symbols doesn’t make you a patriot. It makes you look bitter from not always getting your way.

Schlag said that the impetus for her kneeling escapade “Trump’s defense of Vladimir Putin after the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered with the 2016 election,” according to the Courant. She also said kneeling made her feel “powerful.”

“I felt nervous when I did it but I also felt powerful,’’ said Schlag. “If I don’t speak up, those who can’t won’t be heard.”

Who’s not being heard? We’ve been seeing people kneeling, raising a fist or protesting in other ways during patriotic symbols of the U.S. for decades now.

If you don’t think you have a voice, you’re not speaking loud enough.

H/T: BizPac Review

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