Tweet Critical Of Kansas Governor Lands Student In Principal’s Office

Submitted by Mike Loburgio

Emma Sullivan’s Tweet after seeing Kansas Governor Sam Brownback address an event got her in trouble with her school.

“Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot”

On Tuesday, Sullivan was called to her principal’s office and told that the tweet had been flagged by someone on Brownback’s staff and reported to organizers of the Youth in Government program.

The principal “laid into me about how this was unacceptable and an embarrassment,” Sullivan said. “He said I had created this huge controversy and everyone was up in arms about it … and now he had to do damage control.

The governor’s office saw the Tweet and notified the school because it wanted the organizers of the event to be aware of what was said.

Sullivan said the principal ordered her to write letters of apology to Brownback, the school’s Youth in Government sponsor, the district’s social studies coordinator and others.

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