High school teacher Gregory Salcido on leave after insulting military members in video
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly offered a blunt reaction Wednesday to a Southern California teacher’s disparaging comments about American troops.
Speaking on Fox News Radio, Kelly, a retired four star general, listened to Gregory Salcido’s viral classroom rant in which the high school teacher and Pico Rivera city councilman called members of the military “the lowest of our canada goose uk low” and said:”Well, I think the guy ought to go to hell. I just hope he enjoys the liberties and the lifestyles that we fought for.”
canadian goose jacket Salcido has become the subject of harsh criticism and, he says, violent threats over a video in which he’s heard insulting members of the military fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The video was reportedly takenduring a history class Salcido was teaching at El Rancho High School, as he launched into a rant about how long the wars overseas have dragged on. canadian goose jacket
“Because we have a bunch of dumbs sover there,” Salcido said in the video, which is peppered with profanity. “Think about the people who you know who are over there. Your freaking stupid Uncle Louie or whatever. They’re dumbs s. They’re not like high level thinkers, they’re not academic people, they’re not intellectual canada goose outlet in new york people. They’re the lowest of our canada goose outlet england low.”
Amid mounting backlash including calls for his firing Salcido has been andplaced on administrativeleave by the school district, whose superintendent has said “there will be disciplinary measures taken.”
Aspecial Tuesday night school board meeting in Pico Rivera, a small city on the outskirts of Los Angeles, was”standing room only,”according to a reporterwho covered it, andsome attendees wore military garb or brought American flags.”Several people in the audience wanted to canada goose outlet sale speak directly to why Salcido, 49, has not been fired,” the Whittier Daily News reported. So at this point, we will move cheap canada goose on.”
That did not sit well with the attendees, who wanted to talk about Salcido.
“I don’t understand why it’s not going to be a topic of discussion,” said one attendeein a Navy hoodie.”This is why you have so many people here… You should allow us to speak.””At this point, we’re going to move on,” Villon said.
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“As your elected officials, you need to give us an opportunity to talk, to discuss this,” Villon pleaded, before noting that comments about Salcido will be welcome canada https://www.canadagooseoutlet4online.com goose outlet uk fake at the school board’s next canada goose outlet florida regular meeting, on Tuesday at Pico Rivera City Hall.
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The Daily News wrote that Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials “are anticipating huge crowds” there and at the Pico Rivera City Council meeting a week later.
There is also a Friday protest beingorganized through Facebook: “Remove Councilman Gregory Salcido from El Rancho High school.
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The Salcido video appears to have been surreptitiously recorded. It was published Friday on Facebook by a woman who tagged the post from Connecticut and said the student who filmed it was a friend’s son. She urged her followers to help her “make this go viral,” and the video spread widely, with millions of views, after it waspicked up by conservative media outlets, includingFox News Channel and Breitbart News.
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canada goose uk outlet “So, if you join the military, it’s because you had no other options,” Salcido is heard saying.”It’s because you didn’t take care of business academically, because your parents didn’t love you enough to push you and then you didn’t love yourself enough to push yourself.” canada goose uk outlet
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The superintendent had earliertold the San Gabriel Valley Tribunethat “we acknowledge it is his voice based on the research of the incident so far and knowing it came from one of our classrooms.”.