{"id":95007,"date":"2018-02-22T09:24:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T13:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=95007"},"modified":"2018-02-22T09:25:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T13:25:54","slug":"emailing-the-obvious-truth-is-downright-dangerous-for-anyone-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=95007","title":{"rendered":"<b>FLORIDA COVERUP<\/b>: Emailing the obvious truth is now downright dangerous for anyone in government!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Florida House aide fired after claiming Florida shooting survivors are &#8216;actors&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Nicole Darrah | Fox News<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An aide to a Florida House lawmaker was fired Tuesday after he said that Parkland students who were speaking out on gun control after Wednesday\u2019s mass shooting were paid actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Benjamin Kelly, the aide to Republican Rep. Shawn Harrison,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/florida-politics\/buzz\/2018\/02\/20\/parkland-students-come-under-attack-for-their-outspokenness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emailed Tampa Bay Times reporter<\/a>\u00a0Alex Leary to claim that two Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who appeared on CNN weren\u2019t actually survivors of the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An aide to state Rep. Shawn Harrison, using state email, sent me this: &quot;Both kids in the picture are not students here but actors that travel to various crisis when they happen.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UFD1ZXGNjr\">https:\/\/t.co\/UFD1ZXGNjr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Leary (@learyreports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/learyreports\/status\/966061854303965191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Both kids in the picture are not students here but actors that travel to various crisis when they happen,\u201d Kelly reportedly emailed the newspaper. When the Tampa Bay reporter asked for proof, the House aide sent a follow-up email claiming the same student who appeared on CNN, David Hogg, was in another state hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a clip on you tube that shows Mr. Hogg out in California. (I guess he transferred?)&#8221; Kelly&#8217;s email reportedly stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s the email. I asked for more information to back up the claim and was sent another email that linked to a YouTube conspiracy video. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VRSVOcjj3E\">pic.twitter.com\/VRSVOcjj3E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Leary (@learyreports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/learyreports\/status\/966074529201246209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harrison\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Shawnfor63\/status\/966078941311242241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Twitter<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday evening to explain that he \u201cplaced [Kelly] on leave until we determine an appropriate course of action,\u201d adding that he doesn\u2019t \u201cshare his opinion and he did so without my knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error\" data-twitter-extracted-i1519305112231911007=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was just made aware that my aide made an insensitive and inappropriate allegation about Parkland students today. I have spoken to him and placed him on leave until we determine an appropriate course of action. I do not share his opinion and he did so without my knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shawn Harrison (@Shawnfor63)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Shawnfor63\/status\/966078941311242241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following Harrison\u2019s post, Kelly wrote on Twitter that he\u2019s been \u201cterminated from the State House\u201d because he \u201ctried to inform a reporter of information relating to his story regarding a school shooting. This was not my responsibility. I meant no disrespect to the students or parents of Parkland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aide added that Rep. Harrison \u201cis an honest and respectable man. In no way should be held responsible for my error in judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly&#8217;s Twitter account was later taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a Republican, said that he \u201cwas shocked and angry to read [Kelly\u2019s] appalling email about the brave students who traveled to Tallahassee today,\u201d and said that with Harrison\u2019s support, he fired Kelly and apologized on behalf of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Conspiracy theorists often claim after mass shootings that survivors or victims who appear in the media are actors playing a role.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/966071116447010821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cClaiming some of the students on tv after #Parkland are actors is the work of a disgusting group of idiots with no sense of decency.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Claiming some of the students on tv after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Parkland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Parkland<\/a> are actors is the work of a disgusting group of idiots with no sense of decency<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/966071116447010821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After his firing,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/benakelly\/status\/966102063867420672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly tweeted<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cAnd you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/02\/20\/florida-house-aide-fired-after-claiming-florida-shooting-survivors-are-actors.html\">http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/02\/20\/florida-house-aide-fired-after-claiming-florida-shooting-survivors-are-actors.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/966071116447010821\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"5:04 PM - Feb 20, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"5\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/966071116447010821\" data-tweet-id=\"966071116447010821\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida House aide fired after claiming Florida shooting survivors are &#8216;actors&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}