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Asra Q. Nomani

18 Jul, 8 tweets, 11 min read

@FairfaxDems

Many asked me who is clapping when Michelle Leete says, "Let them die!" about folks with different viewpoints. In my work as an independent journalist, I investigated. My findings: @FairfaxDems organized the protest. Its chair @BryanGrahamVA applauds, "Let them die!" Thread

@FairfaxDems

What the video illustrates is the many that @FairfaxDems rallied for the protest, present when “Let them die!” was said: @BryanGrahamVA @FEA_Fairfax @JenniferBoysko @KimberlyAdams @gpalber @GSchoradt @TJAlumniAG @FairfaxNAACP cont below. Protest ad is on fairfaxdemocrats.org

@FairfaxDems

Could you please comment @FairfaxDems @BryanGrahamVA on why you applauded when “Let them die!” was declared? Could others please also comment on why they just went on with the protest without saying anything, even now? Protest organizer @GSchoradt is a @DemsProvidence official.

@FairfaxDems

What is troubling is that @FairfaxDems @BryanGrahamVA worked with @KarlFrischFCPS, emails reveal, to place hand-picked people on committees, including Bryan Graham himself, appointed that night for @fcpsnews citizen advisory committee. See below

https://twitter.com/DoBetterFCPS/status/1416894734556143619

@DoBetterFCPS

As @DoBetterFCPS reveals in this email between @KarlFrischFCPS @KarlFrisch, a former Democratic political operative with Media Matters, and @FairfaxDems @BryanGrahamVA is that the “fix was in,” as one parent says, for an appointment to an @fcpsnews citizen committee.

https://twitter.com/dobetterfcps/status/1416896534692700172

@KarlFrischFCPS

Some say appointees are asked if they want to return but there is a cozy relationship btwn @KarlFrischFCPS + @FairfaxDems. Frisch is the school board rep for Providence District. Pro-FCPS protest organizer Geofre Schoradt is a @DemsProvidence Vice Chair. providencedems.org

@fcpsnews

“Let them die!” was said before @fcpsnews school board meeting Thurs, July 15. Four days later, no school board member has denounced the comments or sponsorship of the event by @FairfaxDems. This is all FCPS has told reporter @DormanInDC…

@FoxNews

✍️🏽@FoxNews @DormanInDC: "The Fairfax Democratic Committee appears to have organized the controversial event where Michelle Leete said 'let them die' while its chair applauded that line, according to video of the event." @FairfaxDems chair is @BryanGrahamVA foxnews.com/politics/fairf…

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@USATODAY

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The @USATODAY piece acknowledges: "Close to 3 in 4 respondents said schools shouldn't teach students that white people are inherently privileged and people of color inherently oppressed."

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@FCPSNews

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16. I regularly examine how my beliefs, biases, and role may contribute to or replicate inequitable practices.
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@DefendingEd

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