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.”
We fight everyday for Broward County #FixIt pic.twitter.com/h8jUqZ0lne
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) August 15, 2018
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.
With school starting tomorrow and today being exactly 6 months removed from Parkland, I call on everyone to stop the partisan bashing for a day
While I disagree with most of what @davidhogg111 and the other @AMarch4OurLives students say, I know they truly care and want to #FixIt
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 14, 2018
Pollack called “BS” on the broken promises.
I call BS! If they truly wanted to fix it he’d be fighting beside us with this school board race. Broken promises. Can’t even endorse Loria or Ryan who are making the true sacrifice and are Parkland Heroes!
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) August 14, 2018
Hogg, who has called for grassroots moves like knocking on doors, has reportedly not been practicing what he preaches.
Johanna Feis who lost her brother Aaron in the shooting agrees with me. https://t.co/VFDDDt4S8t
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) August 17, 2018
The #RoadtoChange has made it clear to me that the young people will win if they
-work on political campaigns
-knock on doors
-make sure everyone they know is voting
-run for office
-register themselves and others to voteand most importantly vote on
NOVEMBER 6th!!!!
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) August 13, 2018
Pollack also slammed Hogg on his choice of endorsements.
So you can endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as future president, but not Lori Alhadeff and Ryan Petty- both parents whose kids were killed in Parkland as candidates for Broward School Board? https://t.co/2uIYvpcuK5
— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) August 15, 2018
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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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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