Alaska native woman, whose nephew committed suicide, confronts U.S. Rep. Don Young [View all]
Source: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An Alaska native woman, whose nephew committed suicide, confronted Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, over a profanity-filled speech at a high school last week in which Young blamed teenage suicide on lack of support by friends and family and “government largesse.”
Young had just apologized to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention for his remarks at Wasilla High School, where students were mourning the suicide of a classmate.
The woman, Gloria Poullard, came up to Young and gave the 81-year-old congressman, senior Republican in the House, a piece of her mind.
“You know, it really put a hamper on my faith in you because my elders voted for you, and this is my state,” said Poullard. I’m an Alaska native. How do you feel within yourself, what possessed you to even make a comment like that? My nephew just committed suicide.”
Read more: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/10/27/alaska-native-woman-her-nephew-a-suicide-confronts-rep-don-young/
And in case you missed Young's suicide and bull sex speech to a local school:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/don-young-wasilla-high-school-suicide
New numbers show Mr. Bridge to Nowhere falling behind and headed to a long-deserved defeat:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/270750/speedreads-poll-democrats-ahead-in-red-state-of-alaska-for-both-senate-and-house
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