Readers’ reactions

MP Michelle Charles apologises for viral orange rag video

“Jamaicans can’t even joke again! You can see she [is] just having fun with her people!”

– @MosquitoBiteYu

“Politics is so distasteful that’s why I never vote.” – @Denno876er

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”... Plato. Can we throw away both these parties?” – @tweetle_bailey

“Absolutely disgusting! The deterioration continues.” – @SoWhatYoureRea1

“So even our politicians are not aware of the powers of social media? Now they running out to apologise … ahh boi, didn’t they think before, or everyone wants the likes?”. - @iAMchasekross86

“This woman has a lot of time on her hands! She should view the social media pages of some of her colleagues to learn how to uplift her constituents and community, instead of furthering the political divide between the two parties. Is she still a dentist?” – @PortHenderson1

“Immediately unfollowed her when I saw this. Like girl…leave the social media to your kids.” – @jarudegyal

“No, no, Miss MP, that was in bad taste. All you had to do was to ask the lady to put it away.” – @NatalieBramwel3

“Re, the video with #MPMichelleCharles, the JLP needs a social media policy to guide their interactions in the public sphere. That was in poor taste.” – @PortialWilliams

“Everything we make bother we, base on the lady tone of voice she was clearly just messing around, making jokes. What should she apologise for? Some of us too easily get judgmental. KMT! Gosh man!” – @tana_flawless

“She shouldn’t have done what she did in the first place. As an MP, as a mother, as a doctor, think before you act! What’s joke to you can be death to another person. She was hella rude and outta pocket.” – @_kirdiii

“It just doesn’t look good. Everything doesn’t need to be on socials.” – @yeshigram

“”Why people do stupid and unnecessary things? More so now in this day and age where everything is recorded and shared.” - @DarDanielMoon

“Politics ain’t got no humour, eh.” – @chynnling

“The silence from her party’s supporters is deafening.” – @Ceeren161

Readers’ reactions sourced from The Gleaner’s Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) pages. Compiled by Khanique McDaniel