“Their sorrow can very easily be hijacked by left-wing groups who have an agenda,” former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) told CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday, specifically naming billionaire and liberal activist George Soros. “Do we really think 17-year-olds on their own are going to plan a nationwide rally?” the conservative activist continued. “I think it’s very despicable that he would even have the audacity to say that,” said student survivor Brandon Abzug. Just because we’re young we can’t make a difference is not right.”Abzug called on Kingston to apologize. Delaney Tarr, another student survivor, added that that amount of support they’ve been receiving is “so overwhelming.”“We are being given this platform and it felt wrong not to take advantage of it,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post February 20, 2018 14:48 UTC