Rand Paul’s wife, Kelley, lost it on Twitter this week after learning about an elementary school in Austin, Texas that held a Pride parade for students back in April 2021.“And the assistant principal expressly told the little kids not to tell their parents what happened in the ‘pride circles’,” Kelley tweeted, along with a misleading article about the event published by an extreme right-wing blog.And the assistant principal expressly told the little kids not to tell their parents what happened in the “pride circles”.
https://t.co/9hHaiXsdMi— Kelley Paul (@KelleyAshbyPaul) March 21, 2022Mrs. Paul’s claim that the assistant principal of Doss Elementary told students “not to tell their parents” about the Pride celebration, however, is directly contradicted by the assistant principal’s own Twitter page, where she publicly posted about the event almost a year ago.“We had so much fun at our first Doss Pride Parade!” Hannah Wankel shared on April 21, 2021, along with several photos of the festivities.We had so much fun at our first Doss Pride Parade! @AustinISD @PrincipalSteen @Sheridan4T @CleverCounselor #AISDPride #AllAreWelcome #LetYourDossPrideShow pic.twitter.com/TMJ6xYa05P— Hannah Wankel (@hannah_wankel) April 21, 2021This year, the school organized another Pride celebration and Wankel tweeted about that, too.
Numerous times, in fact:Thank you to our Doss community for helping make our Pride parade so amazing! @AustinISD #AISDPride ?????
pic.twitter.com/vZFMYdVnH7— Hannah Wankel (@hannah_wankel) March 23, 2022KG made a goal to complete 100 acts of Kindness by the end of Pride week!