A Democratic school board chairman in Virginia is drawing attention after he called Republican President Donald Trump a “bonafide [sic] idiot” and made it clear that students and employees are free to not stand for the national anthem and Pledge of Allegiance.
Attention PWCS students and staff. Your are not required to stand for the national anthem or pledge. There will be no action taken against you for choosing to not stand or participate.
Our President is a bonafide idiot but you are safe in PWCS. https://t.co/GMO1NIWYAa
— Ryan Sawyers (@RyanSawyersVA) November 20, 2017
Ryan Sawyers of the Prince William County School Board added in his Monday tweet that “there will be no action taken against you for choosing to not stand or participate” and that “you are safe in PWCS.”
Sawyers was reacting to a tweet from Trump criticizing Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch who didn’t stand for the national anthem over the weekend in a game played in Mexico City — but got on his feet for the Mexican anthem.
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