As Senator Richard Pan abruptly found out on Monday afternoon, the Sacramento capital is no longer a refuge for pharmaceutical-lobbied representatives. The film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe premiered at the Tower Theater in Sacramento on Mother's day. The showings were followed immediately after by the popular Q&A sessions with the film’s producers who where on hand. The day after the premiere Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Del Bigtree and Polly Tommey — the film’s producers — made a stop at Sacramento’s capital building to speak with any and all who would listen to their message. Much of the visit was live streaming for the world to watch via the Twitter-friendly app Periscope. After taking a nearly 20-minute, face-to-face meeting with State Senator Joel Anderson (R-Alpine), the producers decided to pay Senator Richard Pan a visit.
Pan and his Senate Bill 277 (SB277) both came into contention when it was discovered by an independent journalist that he was taking orders from pharmaceutical lobbyist live during the Sacramento house hearings to maneuver the bill towards its eventual passing. The highly contested SB277 — going into effect July 2016 — makes vaccines mandatory for an education in California while removing religious exemptions and personal belief waivers.
While most senators would be proud to talk of their legislative achievements, Senator Pan was filmed running away as the producers approached his office. Presently, Pan still has not disclosed — or addressed in any fashion — his ties to pharmaceutical companies and their lobbying groups seen on the house floor. The cardiovascular-minded Sacramento senator now has another permanent blemish on his record that will need to be confronted sooner or later. In the absence of any meaningful reasoning for his impromptu hallway scamper, people around the US are left scratching their heads while laughing at Pan’s behavior. Social media memes comparing Pan to the Hollywood character Forrest Gump went viral in mere hours after Pan's gallop.
In the age of information, a watchful eye is always right around the corner. At anytime, Pan could have — and still can — sit down with the producers on camera and have an open discussion. It is interesting to note that like ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The New York Times and all other mainstream media outlets, Senator Richard Pan publicly supported and echoed — on several occasions — negative public movie critiques on a documentary he could have never watched at the time due to its limited release. Was Senator Richard Pan at any of the Sacramento Premiere showings on Sunday to actually see the movie he has bashed from the producers he ran away from the very next day?
[VIDEO] WHY PAN RAN: Read the investigative story that spotlighted Pan's pharmaceutical ties. See Pan Speak Directly to His Handlers During SB277's House Proceedings Below
Pan and his Senate Bill 277 (SB277) both came into contention when it was discovered by an independent journalist that he was taking orders from pharmaceutical lobbyist live during the Sacramento house hearings to maneuver the bill towards its eventual passing. The highly contested SB277 — going into effect July 2016 — makes vaccines mandatory for an education in California while removing religious exemptions and personal belief waivers.
While most senators would be proud to talk of their legislative achievements, Senator Pan was filmed running away as the producers approached his office. Presently, Pan still has not disclosed — or addressed in any fashion — his ties to pharmaceutical companies and their lobbying groups seen on the house floor. The cardiovascular-minded Sacramento senator now has another permanent blemish on his record that will need to be confronted sooner or later. In the absence of any meaningful reasoning for his impromptu hallway scamper, people around the US are left scratching their heads while laughing at Pan’s behavior. Social media memes comparing Pan to the Hollywood character Forrest Gump went viral in mere hours after Pan's gallop.
In the age of information, a watchful eye is always right around the corner. At anytime, Pan could have — and still can — sit down with the producers on camera and have an open discussion. It is interesting to note that like ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The New York Times and all other mainstream media outlets, Senator Richard Pan publicly supported and echoed — on several occasions — negative public movie critiques on a documentary he could have never watched at the time due to its limited release. Was Senator Richard Pan at any of the Sacramento Premiere showings on Sunday to actually see the movie he has bashed from the producers he ran away from the very next day?
[VIDEO] WHY PAN RAN: Read the investigative story that spotlighted Pan's pharmaceutical ties. See Pan Speak Directly to His Handlers During SB277's House Proceedings Below
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