UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL SOUNDBITES: RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. – Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr is urging all county commissioners to publicly rebuke Commissioner Hope Oliver after a controversial statement she made during Monday’s Public Safety Committee meeting…
Oliver can be heard stating, “ICE has been, an organization that’s been around for a long time, but has not been emboldened, and, a – a terrorist organization like it’s turning out to be.” The word emboldened is commonly used to state that someone or some group has confidence to do or behave in a certain way.
Mayor Carr suggested the idea to rebuke Oliver on Wednesday, just two days after her initial statement…..