Courtesy of CNN:
An official with the Boy Scouts of America apologized to the scouting community on Thursday for the political content of President Donald Trump's speech at the National Scout Jamboree. "I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," said Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh. "That was never our intent."
Speaking Monday before about 40,0000 scouts, Trump delivered a speech that would not have been out of place on his campaign or in his tweets.
He slammed the "fake news" media, promoted the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, boasted about his electoral night victory and called out the Washington "cesspool."
"Who the Hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts," he said, continuing to speak about politics.
In his letter, Surbaugh said Trump's speech had "overshadowed" the rest of the jamboree and its focus on scouting.
"These character-building experiences have not diminished in recent days at the jamboree -- Scouts have continued to trade patches, climb rock walls, and share stories about the day's adventures," he said. "But for our Scouting family at home not able to see these real moments of Scouting, we know the past few days have been overshadowed by the remarks offered by the President of the United States."
I have pretty much given up on the Boy Scouts since it started focusing more on evangelizing to a captive audience and less on identifying animal footprints and learning how to tie cool knots.
When I was a Scout in the early seventies my big complaint was that it was too militaristic for this budding peacenik, but now we have to worry about kids being indoctrinated into a weird religious cult of being exposed to serial sexual deviant.
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An official with the Boy Scouts of America apologized to the scouting community on Thursday for the political content of President Donald Trump's speech at the National Scout Jamboree. "I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," said Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh. "That was never our intent."
Speaking Monday before about 40,0000 scouts, Trump delivered a speech that would not have been out of place on his campaign or in his tweets.
He slammed the "fake news" media, promoted the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, boasted about his electoral night victory and called out the Washington "cesspool."
"Who the Hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts," he said, continuing to speak about politics.
In his letter, Surbaugh said Trump's speech had "overshadowed" the rest of the jamboree and its focus on scouting.
"These character-building experiences have not diminished in recent days at the jamboree -- Scouts have continued to trade patches, climb rock walls, and share stories about the day's adventures," he said. "But for our Scouting family at home not able to see these real moments of Scouting, we know the past few days have been overshadowed by the remarks offered by the President of the United States."
I have pretty much given up on the Boy Scouts since it started focusing more on evangelizing to a captive audience and less on identifying animal footprints and learning how to tie cool knots.
When I was a Scout in the early seventies my big complaint was that it was too militaristic for this budding peacenik, but now we have to worry about kids being indoctrinated into a weird religious cult of being exposed to serial sexual deviant.
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