Juneteenth becomes national holiday, brushes off GOP opponents

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.MaddowBlog: All 14 'no' votes for making Juneteenth a federal holiday came from white Republican men, each of whom knew it was going to pass, but who wanted to go on the record against it anyway. Some came up with excuses. They were wildly unpersuasive.

 

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MaddowBlog Who’s surprised by this?🤷🏾‍♂️

MaddowBlog Big deal. I would have voted no too.

MaddowBlog So much for the GOP trying not to teach history. Every June 17th we will be teaching history. gop LeaderMcConnell GOPLeader

MaddowBlog Add 4th of July to the list of things Democrats have destroyed…now we will have two independence days based on race…nice job.

MaddowBlog Disgusting people who do not understand democracy and don’t deserve their jobs. Vote them out!!!🤬🤬🤬

MaddowBlog How many black republican males are there?

MaddowBlog It’s just some of dem ⚪️men, just because they can. Oh well!

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