It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.
“Can you imagine?” said Jackson Lee. “I will be standing maybe taller than Sen. Cornyn, forgive me for that, because it will be such an elevation of joy.” Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus went to the floor to speak in favor of the bill. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., said she viewed Juneteenth as a commemoration rather than a celebration because it represented something that was delayed in happening.
Some Republican lawmakers opposed the effort. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said creating the federal holiday was an effort to celebrate “identity politics.” Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., said he would vote for the bill and that he supported the establishment of a federal holiday, but he was upset that the name of the holiday included the word “independence” rather than “emancipation.”
I absolutely like and agree. 🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️❤️
Republicans are going to stomp their feet and will go to work anyways, like it is supposed to hurt the rest of the country somehow.
why always this pic of biden with a halo around him?
Does he know that the Republicans freed the slaves from Democrat owned slaves?!
So do we get the day off or….
Why was this rushed through without public polling to if we wanted this? No one told us is costing 600 million a year to do this. Most American have never even heard of this lived in deep south.
Celebration without reparations is BS. If they’re not giving us power and reparations then they can keep their proclamations and annual celebrations.😒 Folks talking about “it brings awareness.” After 400 yrs isn’t this government aware they owe us reparations?🧐The bill is due.
The day after he told Russia how to cripple us . Quite the legacy he’s building at this rate the country should be in ruins before 2022
Jim Crow Joe Biden will cebrate this holiday by giving more money to the Ku Klux Kops.
That'll help the American economy.... HOW THE FUCK IS HE PRESIDENT
typical can't even sign a bill into affect properly... dude. we already passed those dates ass hole.
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