Politics & Government
Tweet Storm in East Greenwich? More Than 250 Protest Council Vice-Chairman's Comment on the Women's March
A Facebook event was planned to let Sean Todd know they didn't think his tweet was funny. But he says he supports the march.
EAST GREENWICH — Some 250 people turned out at East Greenwich Town Hall on Monday night to protest a tweet. Sean Todd, the vice-chairman of the East Greenwich Town Council, had attempted a joke about the weekend's women's rallies, and the humor hit some people the wrong way.
Hilary Levey Friedman, member of the town Democratic Committee, organized a protest on her Facebook page. She estimated more than 250 showed up. Here is the original post.
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The Patch is reaching out to Mr. Todd for comment and will update this story as it develops. On his Twitter page, he wrote he "I support all of you who marched, and saw a lot of my friends around the country out there." He also said "yesterday’s march was pretty awesome, and a perfect example of the peaceful expression that is a (sic) of our democracy."
He removed the tweet from his account.
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