Senator Golden’s Tweet to Those Outside His Office
Today some citizens are holding a 24-hour vigil outside of Senator Golden’s office. They are speaking with residents about Senator Golden’s failure to get the speed camera bill passed in the NY Senate. Story: here
Marty Golden or his staff could have asked the peaceful group of people to come in the office for a cup of coffee. If Golden wasn’t available today, his chief-of-staff could have offered to take a message and been cordial to the protesters.
Instead Senator Golden tweeted this message to the parents who lost children from driving accidents:
The tweet was deleted when people called Senator Golden out for being cruel.
The “You People” that Senator Golden was referring to was the mothers holding the 24 hour vigil outside of his office. One of the activists is Amy Cohen. Her 12-year-old son, Sammy was killed by a man driving a van on Prospect Park West in 2014. After his death, Cohen has fought for safer streets ,so no other parent has to go through what she had/has to. Telling the group they “can’t properly protest” just shows he doesn’t care. In November, we will vote him out.
Updated:
Journalist, Julianne McShane noted that minutes after Senator Golden’s tweet was deleted, another similar tweet appeared on an account being run by what appears to be Team Golden taking cheap jabs at people on Twitter. As the chairman of the NYS Technology Committee, Senator Golden should delete both his Twitter account and the South Brooklyn Red account because they are being used inappropriately.
Golden should have the decency and do the right thing. Although some of the staff may be scared of losing their jobs. fake accounts and bothering residents who are protesting for a safety bill or don’t agree with Golden should not be acceptable.
Hugs,
marlene
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