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Parkland victims’ families ‘call B.S.’ on book-touring Hogg for ignoring local school board race…Where are you?!

August 17, 2018 | | Print Article
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The brother of a Parkland victim is showing David Hogg and the “March for Our Lives kids” what advocating for change really looks like.

Hunter Pollack called out the anti-gun activist and his cohorts from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have grabbed every opportunity to spout the liberal narrative of gun control in the wake of the deadly February mass shooting in their Florida school.

Pollack posted a video of himself walking door to door to get out the vote in support of Broward school board candidate Richard Mendelson, a former teacher at the school where 17 people, including Pollack’s 18-year-old sister, Meadow, were killed.

“A lot of promises made from @Davidhogg111 & @Emma4Change but they refuse to help,” Pollack tweeted.

“I’m disappointed in the March for Our Lives kids,” the 21-year-old said. “First they didn’t allow me to speak at their march and now they won’t publicly come out and endorse Ryan Petty and Lori Alhadeff, parents who lost children and are now running for the school board.”

Alhadeff, who lost her daughter Alyssa and Petty who lost daughter Alaina in the shooting, are part of the group of 15 candidates – including Mendelson – qualified to run for five of the board’s nine open seats. With criticism of the school board’s handling of the response to the mass shooting, the August 28 election may have a striking impact on changes in security, discipline, finances and hiring in the district.

“We talked about uniting. There’s been no uniting yet,” Pollack continued in the video. “I haven’t even seen them knock a door yet in Broward.”

The Florida State University student explained he is leading volunteers to get Mendelson elected, obviously showing up Stoneman Douglas graduate Hogg who has used his 15 minutes of fame to condemn responsible gun owners, slam conservatives and call for boycotts.

“Let’s make our schools safe again,” Pollack concluded. With classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the rest of Broward County starting again this week, security protocols are still not fully in place, according to The Washington Examiner.

While Pollack and others are bearing the sweltering August heat in South Florida in the support campaign, survivors-turned-activists like Hogg are off traveling on a national bus tour, signing a book deal, and speaking out in support of candidates who have no connection to Florida politics.

Parkland survivor and Second Amendment supporter, Kyle Kashuv, has also called on March for Our Lives supporters to make a local difference.

Pollack called “BS” on the broken promises.

Hogg, who has called for grassroots moves like knocking on doors, has reportedly not been practicing what he preaches.

Pollack also slammed Hogg on his choice of endorsements.

Kenneth Preston, a 19 year old student, told the Examiner that some of those who got a “massive platform” from the Parkland shooting have “forgotten what happened here at home and have neglected the local election.”

“They haven’t dedicated any of their time to the school board races,” Preston said.

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