Mediaite reports:
A Colorado school board meeting repeatedly went off the rails thanks to the antics of anti-mask parents, including one who claimed to have seen a police “sniper up on the roof!”
As schools across the country fight with governors for the right to protect their communities with mask mandates, anti-mask parents are busily making spectacles of themselves at board meetings, including the most recent meeting of the Douglas County, Colorado board.
Another parent got more than a full minute into her speech before she referred to principals who enforce the guidelines as “the Mask Gestapo.”
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Former Douglas County (CO) GOP Chair, School Board candidate, and airline pilot, Andy Jones, accused the school board of stationing a sniper on the roof of the building because they were afraid of parents. pic.twitter.com/EpkXso3jlZ
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 25, 2021
This is a post he put out in Oct 2020. These aren’t all just paid actors like some have speculated. This is the 2021 Republican Party, with Charlie Kirk and Michael Flynn organizing and cheering them on. pic.twitter.com/ccyAAkP0qQ
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 25, 2021
NEW: Douglas County Schools board meeting is getting heated as anti-maskers berate the school board. As the Board President issued a “last warning” over crowd interruptions, a man was escorted away by a deputy as he waved something at school board members. #9NEWS #COVID19colorado pic.twitter.com/3XAuVFDKhG
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
A mother makes the somewhat bewildering argument that doctors don’t support the school mask mandate but that she cannot find a doctor who will sign an exemption for her children.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
Multiple parents have said they believe DCSD intentionally started the year without a mask mandate to “lure” parents into sending their kids to school before the mask mandate was imposed.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
Parent Sarah Infante says, “We moved here specifically from Denver to get away from masks.” Another parent, Lisa Mason, directed DCSD to “align with the Douglas County commissioners.” The GOP commissioners voted against their health department’s recommendation last week.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
Dr. Eiko Browning, via remote video, offered public comment in support of science and masking. The crowd in the room stood and turned their backs in a sign of disapproval. pic.twitter.com/X2rTk9PlZU
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
Jones claims that the school board called in the police sniper “because you fear the parent voice.” pic.twitter.com/PEKaVqZKHj
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021
Andy Jones, who narrowly lost a 2019 school board race, claims there is a sniper on the roof. pic.twitter.com/jSe48lhotH
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 25, 2021