MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new debate on snow is heating up online with posts from two Memphis City Council members, one of whom claims she’s getting threats over the post.
Pearl Walker and Yolanda Cooper-Sutton shared social media posts this week questioning whether the snow that fell across the city was real, or possibly man-made. The topic is trending on TikTok.
The comments quickly took off online, drawing strong reaction as crews across Memphis were still dealing with icy roads, school closures, and cleanup from one of the city’s more significant winter storms in recent years.
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We reached out to Councilwoman Walker about her post.“I had a cousin to make a post, and she held a lighter to a chunk of the snow and it was dissolving, but water was not dripping, and I commented that it looked different,” Walker said. “But what Memphians need to know and understand is I have a right to my opinion and my opinion and right to speak is bigger than the constitution.”
WREG also contacted Cooper-Sutton. She says what she meant as a light-hearted post shared with family and friends has now been blown out of proportion…