Parkland parent says he's 'sick' to his stomach after confessed shooter registers to vote from jail
The father of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim is “sick” over the fact that the man who confessed to killing his daughter in February registered to vote while behind bars.
Andrew Pollack, the father of 18-year-old Meadow Pollack, tweeted a screenshot of Nikolas Cruz’s voter registration form over the weekend. It showed that the 20-year-old registered to vote as a Republican in July, listing his address as the Broward County Jail.
“I’m sick to my stomach,” Pollack wrote, referring to Cruz only as an “animal” and by his criminal case number, “18-1958.”
I'm sick to my stomach. 18-1958 murdered 17 students & staff, including my daughter Meadow. Yet in July, Broward Sheriff @ScottJIsrael let people into the jail to get him & other animals registered to vote.The Despicable Democrats have no shame.Can't let them steal this election. pic.twitter.com/qWisidEpek
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) November 10, 2018
My daughter was murdered and buried. She can't vote.
Inexcusable that the Sheriff & SOE would proactively go into the jail to make sure that 18-1958 is registered to vote for the election.
Beyond disgraceful. https://t.co/5q63UbNuLa
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) November 10, 2018
Cruz confessed to opening fire in the high school, saying in a police video that a “a voice” and a “demon” told him to “burn, kill, destroy.” Meadow was one of 14 teenagers Cruz killed on Valentine’s Day 2018, sparking a national movement of gun control activism that culminated in a nationwide voter registration campaign.
Florida law also gives Cruz the right to vote — for now, at least. Criminal defendants can legally vote in the state as long as they haven’t been convicted. Cruz waived his right to a speedy trial in April, as CNN reports, and it’s unclear when his trial will begin.
“Taking away the voting rights of an eligible person awaiting trial is illegal,” Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright told NBC affiliate WFLA. She added that voter registration is overseen by the Supervisor of Elections Office, not the sheriff.
Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine agreed with Pollack, though, tweeting that allowing Cruz to vote is “just outrageous and so hurtful to the victims and the families.”
“It’s just outrageous and so hurtful to the victims and the families.
Regardless of the legality, it doesn’t negate the pain and the hurt when the people of northwest Broward who were affected by this monster see something like this.”
https://t.co/vkxZJaWLWf— Michael Udine (@Michaeludine) November 10, 2018
Unlike the Parkland survivors who launched March For Our Lives, Pollack has defended the president, spoke out in support of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and advocated for arming teachers.
My friend @DLoesch totally get it. What sick, twisted county goes into a jail cell to register a mass murdering animal to vote?!
Oh wait that’s Broward County. #FixIthttps://t.co/CQn9fLZeIj
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) November 12, 2018
Florida also drew attention last week for voting to restore voting rights for people convicted of a felony who have served their sentences. Cruz is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, however, rendering him unable to vote in any future elections.
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