Cruz Visit To Bronx High School Canceled After Students Threaten Walkout

[Katashi_itto]

Students at a Bronx, New York high school said they would stage a walkout rather than stick around for a visit from Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who they called “misogynistic, homophobic, and racist.”


Cruz was slated to visit the Bronx Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy on a Wednesday campaign stop, but the event was cancelled after students sent a letter outlining their concerns to the school’s principal.

“A group of students will be leaving during 4th period, as act of civil disobedience in regards to the arrival of Ted Cruz to BLCPA. We have all considered the consequences of our actions and are willing to accept them,” the letter read. “The presence of Ted Cruz and the ideas he stands for are offensive. His views are against ours and are actively working to harm us, our community, and the people we love.

The CEO of Lighthouse Academies agreed to cancel the visit after receiving the letter, school principal Alix Duggins told students.

“I believe that I would not have been able to get the visit cancelled without your actions,” Duggins said.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-bronx-lighthouse-academy

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Excellent. Like the woman who confronted the Florida Governor for purposely withholding

healthcare from poor people and probably killing some of them in the process, these monsters need to be publicly humiliated as often as possible.

And yet, some here believe a President Cruz wouldn't be all that bad

[greiner3]

3. And these DUers have these posts hidden

[Jackie Wilson Said]

4. What? link?

[Saviolo]

5. I honestly think

That Cruz is the worst of the bunch in the GOP race right now. Don't get me wrong, I don't there's a good choice on that side. Any one of Cruz, Trump, or Kasich would be disastrous, but I honestly believe that Cruz with his anti-government dominionist Tea Party craziness would be the absolute worst possible choice on the right.

[avebury]

19. Cruz is by far the most dangerous candidate.

Besides is insane conservative doctrine which is harmful to anyone that doesn't adhere to his beliefs, he would be totally capable of not only tanking the US economy by the world economy as well because we live in a global economy. Anybody that thinks that the Cruz and the Republican Party cares about the masses needs to have their head examined.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

22. Cruz is beyond bad. Trump would reluctantly use mainstream advisers and would govern

similar to mainstream, Cruz would cause terrific harm to many.

[Saviolo]

23. Exactly

It's the combination of Tea Party "government bad" supply-side screw-the-poor privatizing/deregulating economic policies with rapture-ready "destined by God" dominionist evangelical philosophy that makes me the most afraid. It's a truly horrifying combination.

[jwirr]

2. Activism = hope.

[Initech]

6. Excellent!

Between this and Rick Scott getting booed at Starbucks, it gives me new hope for the general election!

[Runningdawg]

7. Ted needs to stick to

private religious schools where the sycophants believe God told him he was going to be POTUS.

[NCjack]

8. Nice kids -- I like them. I feel the same way about Cruz. /nt

[florida08]

9. I just love democracy

Can u blame them? After that salmon criticized their values! I wanted to smack him myself.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. That's the kind of 'New York values' I wish all young Americans had.

[appalachiablue]

12. +1. Good for the New York kids!

[Ferd Berfel]

11. What's the matter with those kids?

Dont' they understand that god has sent Rafael to overseen the END TIMES ?

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. “I believe that I would not have been able to get the visit cancelled without your actions,”

This is kind of disturbing isn't it? It sounds like, if no threat like this walkout happened, the school would have been required to host this asshole against even the principle's objections. This walkout threat gave the principle the excuse to cancel it. But it makes you wonder how many other educational institutions are strong armed into having idiots like this preach their RW bs to their students.

[avebury]

20. That was my takeaway from the Principle's statement as well. nt

[GOLGO 13]

14. My hometown makes me proud.

We recognize evil when we see it.

[Katashi_itto]

17. Ditto!

[tabasco]

15. Well done, students!

I applaud your conviction and courage!

[Denis 11]

16. You rock.

I love the Bronx.

[HughBeaumont]

18. Good.

Everyone should stand against Theocrat Ted. Go to Iran where you belong.

[Paper Roses]

21. Smart kids. n/t