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riversedge

(70,253 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 12:55 PM Apr 2018

Kris Kobach lashed out & MOCKED at national walkout students last week by saying "STAY IN CLASS".

Beyond rude and condescending.




Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach


https://shareblue.com/kansas-kris-kobach-national-school-walkout/
The Kansas City Star


Kris Kobach lashes out at national walkout students: ‘Stay in class’
By
Caroline Orr -
April 20, 2018
3812


Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach picked a fight with the wrong group of student activists.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach lashed out at a group of students protesting against gun violence Friday, telling them to “stay in class” and study the Second Amendment.

Kobach made the remarks Friday morning, as tens of thousands of students streamed out of their classrooms as part of a National School Walkout to demand action on gun violence.

The demonstration — which comes just weeks after the student-led March for Our Lives — marked the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine massacre.

After observing a moment of silence to honor victims of gun violence, students from Topeka High School headed to the state Capitol to make their voices heard by lawmakers.

They were greeted by Kobach and a crowd of armed protesters who had gathered on the steps of the statehouse to exercise their right to terrorize children.

As the young activists held signs and chanted from the nearby lawn, Kobach stepped up to a microphone and began mocking the students for engaging in politics at a young age. At one point, Kobach ridiculed the students for wanting “to talk about their ideas for public policy.”

“Because you know, when you’re 16 years-old, you pretty much know everything you need to know,” he jeered....
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The Hummingbird 🐦 @SaysHummingbird
3h3 hours ago

Kris Kobach lashed out at national walkout students last week by saying "STAY IN CLASS".

Well, we have a message for YOU, buddy.

We are just GETTING STARTED. The young people in this nation will bring CHANGE & HOPE like you've never seen before.



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Kris Kobach lashed out & MOCKED at national walkout students last week by saying "STAY IN CLASS". (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2018 OP
Kobach, go back to Trump U. muntrv Apr 2018 #1
Thats funny. If he studied the 2A, he would realize how it has been misinterpreted by gun humpers. LonePirate Apr 2018 #2

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)
2. Thats funny. If he studied the 2A, he would realize how it has been misinterpreted by gun humpers.
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 01:13 PM
Apr 2018

Until he starts mentioning muskets or rebelling against the tyrant currently in the White House, he really should keep his trap shut.

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