Local Massachusetts official skips pledge of allegiance

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We are also talking about that dabble segment Twitter at Megyn Kelly what do you think.

-- of Massachusetts city board getting barraged with calls and emails after a local official decides to skip the pledge of allegiance at a meeting.

Opting instead to recite a -- There once was a -- now.

You can imagine it did not sit well with some books and Trace Gallagher has more straight.

The chairperson of that out of town council was actually sick she called in six of the vice chair ran the meeting her name is Melissa -- tag and at the request of the chairperson who was -- and she read a poll was actually a -- about a -- and it was quite nice.

But when it came time for them to actually do the pledge of allegiance well it never really happened.

-- Thank you very much.

There poet laureate find golf itself on that note then -- home we have to vote to accept donations from the -- -- and religions.

Some music and -- I'd rather not tonight thank you.

Rather not to not Reggie says -- religious we'll go back and look at the board members on the left hand side of the screen kind of watch their face is because they look at each other and they.

They kind of turn their head they shrug their shoulders like what what in the world.

We'll look.

Here's the deal afraid tag says the meeting was running late she had to move it along the two and a half years ago this was adopted as board policy she was on the board.

She opposed it at the time and now she just decided his chair to skip -- altogether.

The other board members say she didn't just stop doubt she -- everyone -- -- We have said at every meeting I've been -- but she took it on -- liberties to whom it.

She did block the rest of us from actually saying the pledge of allegiance she didn't want to participate she had every right to not do it.

-- -- -- -- tag says she's gotten fifteen vulgar messages and threats she is.

Afraid to go home here's mixed reaction from the town.

The beginning of a slippery slope that.

When you when you don't say the pledge of allegiance with so many issues why are we worried about that one.

By the way -- -- tag is not running for reelection she's been accepted into a graduate program.

Upon instead of the pledge.

Beans beans the magical throat now.

That's the same.

-- thank you.

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