Gounardes’ Townhall Interrupted By Angry Parent
Senator Gounardes faced off with a parent at the Kids Townhall.
Gounardes would not respond to this parent, so she knew he was having a townhall and went to speak up for her child (because Gounardes wouldn’t call her back!)
While schools require children to get vaccinated, some children have particular issues and can’t get vaccinations. If someone listened they would understand that.
Gounardes did offer to discuss the topic with the parent after the Townhall, but the parent was very angry (as someone who contacts someone about their child would be when they can’t get an answer about school)
He tweeted about the parent – that’s not good. It’s like a revenge tweet.
Politicians should not tweet – they are so bad at it.
While the parent is initially angry because of the required MMR vaccinations, she brings up the Senate bill that will be voted on this year.
It’s for a required HPV Vaccine for all 7th grade students (Senator Brad Hoylman’s bill – see here)
Update: Channel 1 covered the Kids Townhall this evening. While the auditorium is mostly empty, the children there seemed to enjoy being heard. The children asked him questions about bullying, gun control, climate change and vaping. One girl said, “Kids have ideas too and they can understand what is happening in the world.
Hugs,
marlene
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