“Juneteenth is about reclaiming our history, rejoicing in the progress we’ve made, and recommitting to the work yet undone," said Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in a press release announcing the measure."Our nation still has a long way to go to reckon with and overcome the dark legacy of slavery and the violence and injustice that has persisted after its end,”
The bill is also sponsored by Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday he had also planned to introduce a similar bill. Their legislation would also call for the formation of a commission to encourage appropriate ceremonies and activities across the country.
While the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, it took more than two years for all of the slaves in the South to learn that they were free. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and of slavery. The legislation comes as President Donald Trump prepares to hold his first rally in months in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, which was originally scheduled for Friday. He moved the event to the following day because of Juneteenth, though he has also faced criticism because Tulsa was the site of one of the deadliest race massacres in U.S. history in 1921.
Something tells me Trump would sign this into law
You forget it's the Republican Party that set them free! Abolish the Democrat Party. If we are to purge all vestiges of slavery and racism, it seems to me the most obvious target must be the Democrat Party. It stood for slavery and segregation and birthed the KKK.
Shit, work on making the us a livable place. We cant feed our families, we are over worked under paid, we cant even afford an apartment anywhere in the us fix that shit
They're trying to erase history so people dont wake up to the fact that Democrats have been the racists all along. People cant distinguish between reality, and perceived reality. The mainstream media controls the latter.
Sorry. We are no longer allowed to celebrate or remember history. All of it has to go. Statues, pictures, named buildings, all of it. If we’re going down that path, go all in.
About time
Denied...so dumb
This just proves that NO ONE thought about (or even knew) about this day before the whole trump rally issue. Now all these libs are acting as if this has always been a great day of remenberebce. It’s self righteous bullshit and it’s getting worse.
Funny how it did not matter to Obama
🤣😂
OK, I think there might be more important things to work on.
I support your efforts, and I love all colors of people, but we sure don’t need anymore controversial items on the table right now. Please let the waves settle down a bit before pushing this. As racist as our society is, why mandate a holiday that’s going to create ill will?
I really missed Obama’s recognition of this nationally important holiday
Oh the most terror cult Antifa and BLM finally worked for African people living illegally in US today..,
How about adding election days, too?
Weird this is a priority now considering democrats had the oval for 8 years, 6 of which were when Dems also controlled the senate and 2 of which in which Dems controlled the House, Senate, and the Oval.
How come they look so white?
No one alive today was directly or even indirectly affected by slavery. To pretend otherwise is nothing but pandering and virtue signaling.
Correction: 'Elite Democrats pander, and pretend they aren't the party of the KKK, slavery, Jim Crow laws, etc.' What have Democrats ever done to help the Black community other than pander every 4 yrs? Under Democrat leadership for decades, have these cities gotten any better?
Sure but it won’t be enough. Nothing will be enough
Thank you Democrats JUNETEENTH2020 JuneteenthDay
Lol!
Well.... When your doing nothing else for the country.... Sure, what's another holiday? 😉
Why wasn’t Juneteenth a big deal last year?
Look out for that old soft-rib'd Senator parading as a Dr to reject this.
This is a great idea! I'd never heard of Juneteenth until realDonaldTrump brought it up. I think he invented it. What a great tribute to him. 🙄🤪🙄🤪
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