Gov. Sam Brownback Backs Down Over Attempt to Suppress Free Speech
November 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM Leave a comment
You probably heard about the Kansas high school student, Emma Sullivan, who sent a tweet Governor Sam Brownback didn’t like and the ensuing effort to get her to apologize. Well, she refused to apologize (YOU GO GIRL!) and now Brownback is walking the incident back:
“My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms. I enjoyed speaking to the more than 100 students who participated in the Youth in Government Program at the Kansas Capitol. They are our future. I also want to thank the thousands of Kansas educators who remind us daily of our liberties, as well as the values of civility and decorum. Again, I apologize for our over-reaction.”
So ironic that this happened during a “Youth in Government Program.” Those kids got a lesson in government all right. The Joe McCarthy form of government.
As an aside, I just spent a good five minutes looking around at FoxNews.com and I can’t find one single article about this incident. They don’t want their audience to know how unAmerican Republicans can be.
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