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Reactions: Michael Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor

Reactions: Michael Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor

Middletown High School students reacted to the recent news of the resignation of Michael Flynn, National Security Advisor in President Trump’s administration.

Flynn resigned after being accused of talking to Russian officials about sanctions prior to the inauguration, which would be considered by some unethical and inappropriate under U.S. policy.

While some students were well educated on the story and how they felt, others felt unaffected by the story altogether.

“I feel indifferent,” said Emily Pusey, MHS junior, “because I didn’t know anything about it to begin with.”

Some students seemed conflicted by their ideas of what is right and wrong in this story.

MHS sophomore Max Smullen said he agrees that Flynn’s acts were legally wrong, but not morally wrong. Smullen said that Flynn was merely getting a head start on the acts of the Trump administration.

Other students were clear with their ideas that Flynn was wrong and stepping down was the only option he had.

MHS junior Marshall Darby said, that he’s glad Flynn stepped down because if you’re going to be working in the president’s administration you shouldn’t be talking to other leaders and “making deals to help or hurt America

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Ally Pick, Podcast managing editor
Ally Pick is a junior at Middletown High School. This is her second semester of journalism and she intends to take the course for the rest of her high school career. While she does not plan to go into journalism after high school, she finds it important to be able to search for important stories to intrigue people and to have a news-based mind. At first Ally joined the class due to her love for writing and English, but after taking the course for a year she discovered she has also gained interest in the broadcast aspect the class has to offer. Her interests outside of class include reading, writing, forcing her cat Suggs to cuddle with her, watching movies, and campaigning for Emily Pusey’s run for the title of Hoco Queen, vote today. Her dream is to go into dentistry, but the ideas of what she wants to do still do not remain solid. All she knows for sure is that today is short, and tomorrow is even shorter, therefore she will write like each day is her last.

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