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A city council member in Peekskill, N.Y. sparked controversy for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of a recent public meeting.
When Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo refused to recite the pledge at an April 23 public meeting, one resident said “she needs to step down” and should be investigated by the city’s Ethics Board for her actions, The Examiner News reported.
The proud Democratic socialist and environmentalist told Fox News she refrained from saying the pledge “not because I don’t respect the values this country stands for, it is because of our country’s failure to truly uphold them.”