people, whether they are saying words, it s more actions. the st. louis park city council says that the pledge of allegiance shouldn t be there. you agree with that? no, everyone understands it. i think we can all identify as americans and we all understand the same true values and at the heart of that is democracy. they say is not reflective of the values of the community to, not diverse enough. i may be old-school but i m not sure i agree with that. my son is in the cub scouts, they still do it. my husband is in the military, he stand for the flag, you should be doing the pledge of allegiance. sean: a more welcoming environment to serve a diverse community. it s the greatest country god gave man. lawrence jones, he has more frequent flyer miles than anyone
i want respect being taught to people, whether they are saying words, it s more actions. the st. louis park city council says that the pledge of allegiance shouldn t be there. you agree with that? no, everyone understands it. i think we can all identify as americans and we all have the same true values and at the heart of that is democracy. they say it s not reflective of the values of the community, not diverse enough. what do think about that? i may be old-school but i m i not sure i agree with that. my son is in the cub scouts, they still do it. my husband is in the military, we stand for the flag, you should be doing the pledge of allegiance. sean: a more welcoming environment to serve a diverse community. it s the greatest country god gave man. lawrence jones, he has more frequent flyer miles than anyone else at the network.
god usa, usa! shannon: protesters out in force in minnesota after the st. louis park city council decided to stop citing the pledge of allegiance at the start of their meetings. the president has waited as well. let s turn to the st. louis park mayor and larry o connor to break this down. my understanding is that you were not for this idea but you are supporting the council s vote, it was unanimous and the idea behind it. what is the benefit of getting rid of the pledge? shannon: thank you for having me tonight and giving me an opportunity to share with everybody in america what s been going on and our city of 50,000 people here in minnesota. st. louis park is a fabulous community filled with a lot of people who are very patriotic and love their country and respect the pledge of allegiance
harris: protesters are out in force in minnesota, a city there this week come upset over city council s decision to stop reciting the pledge of allegiance of the beginning of your meetings. the decision was announced by the st. louis park city council after a unanimous vote last month. the amendment to the council s rules characterized as an effort to serve a more diverse community. the state s g.o.p. chair doesn t buy that. the hope is that the city council will realize the error of their ways and reverse their decision to not recite the pledge of allegiance. i was actually there in attendance on monday night and it was just very disturbing to hear some of the council members talk. this issue go so much further beyond just the suburban minnesota. people kneeling from the national anthem, saying that we will not recite the pledge. when we did it become okay for us to not be proud of america? harris: for the sponsor of the measure is nixing the
bucks on most flights. so bon voyage. griff: thanks, steve. all right. a minnesota community demanding their city council a vote remove pledge of allegiance from meetings. public for which it stands. that took less than 15 seconds. is that too much time. [chanting u.s.a.] but will the st. louis park city council listen to them? our next guest has been on this story from the very beginning and called the council s move anti-american. griff: joining us now is joe pack host of the joe pack show what the late es they voted 5-0 to get rid of the pledge. any chance it will come back? they said they will revisit. i don t know what it means. revisit it and vote again 5-0 against it and say they will do a study. what i love about this very