GARDNER, Mass. — The Massachusetts Teachers Union is calling for the protection of teachers in the wake of several teachers facing suspensions after posting on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Now, Governor Healey and MASS GOP are weighing in.
“I haven’t seen it to make a comment on that again, my call is for people to come together, let’s lower the temperature,” Governor Healey told Boston 25 News.
The teacher’s union says they are calling on local school districts to defend educators from bullying and harassment. The association is asking administrators not to take action that validates accusations against educators.
This comes after remarks allegedly made by teachers surfaced online about conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was assassinated at a Utah college campus last Wednesday. “Here’s what we need to do: people in this country need to come together, we need to unite. We need to take the temperature down, seeing horrific acts of political violence, we’ve seen school shootings, we’ve seen church shootings. We need to get back to dialogue with one another, and we need to take the temperature down and the rhetoric down,” said Healey.
The association says educators are facing attacks like death threats and promises of violence.
“The assassination of Charlie Kirk should be a moment of reflection about political dialogue, but instead, the Massachusetts Teachers Association has chosen to defend educators who posted despicable comments that create a safety threat. Students already fearful about expressing their conservative beliefs now must worry that the state’s largest teacher’s association will further inflame partisan divisions. We should all condemn the horrific murder of a father whose only crime was speaking with others who held alternative views.”— MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale
Governor Healey says she wants to make sure people aren’t living in fear. “People shouldn’t be afraid to go to public places, to schools, to churches, to be in this great country of ours and have that kind of fear right now. There’s no room for violence, and there’s no room for political violence and no room for these just horrific and terrible shootings that we’ve seen,” Healey told Boston 25 News.
The teachers’ union says there should be a plan in place to mitigate this climate of violence.
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