Planet Hank explains how he got started/ AFP explains why they’re in Vermont – video from September 18 gathering in Barre
by Guy Page
Seth Fewer and Javion Kastner are freshman at Spaulding High School in Barre. Last night they attended the Americans For Prosperity legislative forum in Barre, where they told VDC about their plans to start Vermont’s (for now) only high school Turning Point USA club.
Since June, Seth – a big Charlie Kirk fan who like many still speaks of the slain Turning Point USA founder in the present tense – has been trying to start a local TPUSA club. His friend Javion came on board a while later after talking to Seth about it. They need a Spaulding teacher to sponsor the club. It’s one of the requirements of TPUSA. Three have been approached. No-one’s said yes yet.
UVM has a TPUSA club. Since Kirk’s death on September 10, teens from seven Vermont high schools are among the 54,000 nationwide seeking to open new chapters, Seth said.
Last night the teens met adults promising support and were interviewed by Brattleboro photo journalist “Planet Hank” Poytras and the Vermont Daily Chronicle .
Javion Kastner (at right) of Barre explains why he and Seth Fewer (at left) are trying to start a TPUSA club in Barre: “It’s the importance of getting kids our age interested in politics and more educated and involved.”
In the second video (directly above), the interviewer is Hank “Planet Hank” Poytras of Brattleboro. Two years ago he started Brattleboro News, in which the film school grad shoots on-the-scene video of police encounters with drug sellers, users and other lawbreakers. Now he also offers a Planet Hank in-studio video podcast. Below, Hank – also the new Brattleboro GOP town chair – describes how Brattleboro News began with his pursuit, camera-in-hand, of someone who stole his bike. VDC video below:
Inside the Elks Lodge, AFP Northeast Regional Director Ross Connolly described how their many interviews with Vermonters continue to point out one overriding problem: “Without a doubt, the number one thing we kept hearing was affordability. Vermont is simply unaffordable. Housing costs, health insurance costs, taxes, too many regulations that are restricting the economy.”
