Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports:
Members of the Franklin Board of Mayor and Alderman sternly rebuked controversial alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson Tuesday night, accusing her of sowing division in a once-peaceful city by inviting members of a hate group into the community.
But Hanson quickly shot back, refusing to condemn the white supremacists who came to a candidates forum last week allegedly to protect her. Hanson said her colleagues were witnessing the “spiritual repercussions” of their own decisions.
“This is the old adage of you reap what you sow,” the defiant Hanson said. “You’ve planted seeds for years and years against our citizens, and they are coming to harvest…. It’s easy to shift all the blame. I just happened to arrive at a time when everything was starting to crumble,” she continued.
Read the full article. Last week Hanson appeared here when she accused her mayoral challenger of being a member of Antifa. Before that she appeared on JMG for her attempts to ban Franklin Pride, for being exposed for her history of arrests for facilitating prostitution, for using the photos of minority woman who don’t know her and claiming that they are her supporters, and for encouraging her husband to march in Chicago Pride wearing nothing but a Speedo despite calling Pride events a danger to children. John Oliver teed off on Hanson on Sunday night.
BREAKING: Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle @HansonforMayor refuses to denounce “actual literal Nazis” who came to forum to “protect” her and blames her colleagues for the division in the community. “You reap what you sow.” 1/ pic.twitter.com/ZaJCbiH3OD
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 11, 2023
Alderman Matt Brown points to Hanson or her campaign’s role is the hate group’s intimidation of a Franklin resident. “Veiled or not so veiled threats to end someone’s life … is not aldermanic, it is not mayoral, it is certainly not Christian.” 2/ pic.twitter.com/c4hTqwigvK
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 11, 2023
Alderman Beverly Burger: “Is it your mission to divide our city? Because you are doing a bang-up job of it right now!” 3/ pic.twitter.com/qfhBLl3kW7
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 11, 2023
Alderman Jason Potts: “What’s been going on lately has to stop and has to stop now. Fear and intimidation and hatred have no home in Franklin.” 4/ pic.twitter.com/wujyce4awn
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 11, 2023
Alderman Brandy Blanton: “It’s embarrassing to end up on HBO, to end up on MSNBC – and not for the good stuff.” 5/5 pic.twitter.com/TfNNu4ex83
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 11, 2023
“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver absolutely skewers the #Nazi element of the GOP party in Franklin, TN…
and explains why @NC5PhilWilliams is a Tennessee treasure.https://t.co/jcLDcUg9fa
— Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) October 9, 2023