Trump Pledges to Make Juneteenth Federal
Holiday in Bid for Black Voters
Reuters,
by
Steve Holland
&
Lisa Lambert
Original Article
Posted By: FormerDem,
9/26/2020 9:53:41 AM
ATLANTA - President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters, including establishing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, as a federal holiday. Trump, who announced the promises less than 40 days before the November presidential election, also pledged to designate two groups as terrorist organizations: the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan and the amorphous movement known as antifa that opposes fascism. He also promised to increase access to capital in Black communities, create more jobs, support Black-owned businesses and expanding opportunity zones. Corrections*
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
MDConservative 9/26/2020 10:05:07 AM (No. 552984)
Whooo...this should be fun. The MLK holiday was such a slam-dunk joy. Now this. Another Federal holiday, or replace another, like Columbus Day? Sorry for the eye roll...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 9/26/2020 10:06:30 AM (No. 552989)
A Juneteenth federal holiday would actually be a boon to white workers since most of the blacks who actually "celebrate" the day probably don't have jobs.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
snakeoil 9/26/2020 10:12:47 AM (No. 552998)
Normally praise PT. But this is pandering of the worst kind. There are 365 days in a year. If ever day becomes a holiday when will the mail be delivered?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
KanCreeper 9/26/2020 10:13:00 AM (No. 553000)
President D.J. Trump is 'no slouch; at playing the other guy's game. For over 100 years the Democrat Party has been peddling a load of garbage to the Black Community; and more recently, tried with the Hispanic community. The Black community bought into it, while looking over an horizon that seemed to hold faint hope for a better future. The Democrats sold that load of garbage with the aid 'bought' Black leadership....Democrat pols would show up just before elections and pander to the Black community, then disappear til the next election. Finally, Pres. Trump showed the Black community the truth, and a way to a vision of, and a way to, a brighter future... While Ole, Slo Joe offers only the same ole smelly, crapola. One more time.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Namma 9/26/2020 10:13:58 AM (No. 553002)
thought the dems did this already. They dont need an president to make new federal holidays. They just do it
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bogeegolf 9/26/2020 10:48:40 AM (No. 553027)
Ok get rid of Labor Day then. Way too many federal holidays. I usually work on Labor Day.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LadyHen 9/26/2020 10:49:12 AM (No. 553030)
Pandering is when you give fluff but never deliver on substantive promises. That's what Democrats do.
President Trump does not pander. He delivers both the visual and substance of promises made and promises kept and does it all like a consummate showman!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Condor44 9/26/2020 10:56:09 AM (No. 553038)
What the heck is this statement from the article, "the amorphous movement known as antifa that opposes fascism"
They are the facists! The reporters who wrote this are leftist hacks!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
federale 9/26/2020 10:58:31 AM (No. 553039)
Big mistake It started in Texas so let Texas declare Juneteeth a holiday.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/26/2020 11:08:55 AM (No. 553053)
#9; It's Reuters. They used to be a news organization.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
StrikingViking 9/26/2020 11:14:48 AM (No. 553061)
ANTIFA is fascist to its core. It is a carbon copy of Mussolini's Black Shirts (shock troops that terrorized Italian citizens who didn't kow-tow to Il Duce). In today's version of the Black Shirts, citizens are forced to their knees and required to give the clenched-fist black power salute. Freedom of thought is under attack in this country.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
robertthomason 9/26/2020 11:31:53 AM (No. 553090)
Interesting. Slavery in the US ended with the passage of the 13th amendment. I believe this proposed federal holiday marks the surrender of Confederate forces in Texas and the end of slavery in the Confederate states.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JG1547 9/26/2020 11:31:53 AM (No. 553091)
Sorry, I see this as needless pandering. It won't change one mind and looks weak. I have no problem with directed assistance to any group but the timing could not be worse.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 9/26/2020 11:42:49 AM (No. 553109)
I find the illiterate pronunciation of 19th to be off putting, and personally, I won't be doing anything for this, exactly like I have for the last more than half a century.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Geoman 9/26/2020 11:53:12 AM (No. 553135)
My black Texas history teacher in Jr. High hated the term "Juneteenth" as she thought it perpetuated a stereotype of ignorant blacks who can't speak English, even with a strong Texas accent. She was no slouch as a teacher, either. I transferred in from Florida half-way through the seventh grade school year and she expected me to catch up and meet all of the Texas history learning requirements without delay. Luckily, I found Texas history interesting, so had little problem coming up to speed. The actual historical basis for Juneteenth was taught in her class but she never allowed the event to be called by the name that has suddenly become popular among mostly white, pandering liberals.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cor-vet 9/26/2020 12:32:30 PM (No. 553206)
Another holiday for bLACKS? Democrats have their own holiday on Apr. 1st. What holiday are Whites going to get, or would that be racist? I guess Apr. 15th, when we celebrate our White privilege of paying for all the freebies.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 9/26/2020 1:00:10 PM (No. 553261)
Well...OK. If it replaces some other black holiday.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/26/2020 1:03:15 PM (No. 553265)
I don't support the holiday. It is racist. I also do not support $500B in capital for a particular skin color. That is the definition of discrimination and racism . Both are rewards for the rioting and murders that have been happening, and will only encourage more of it.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Smart11344 9/26/2020 2:12:39 PM (No. 553357)
OMG! Say it isn't so.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
StormCnter 9/26/2020 2:17:07 PM (No. 553364)
Juneteenth is not a state holiday in Texas, but if an employee wants the day off (without pay), an employer must allow it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/26/2020 3:09:23 PM (No. 553413)
White holiday Aprilteenth when all the whites pay for the year round celebration by a majority of blacks for not working and receiving welfare.
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He is appealing not only to black voters but also to the descendants of Union soldiers, and I am thrilled. Let's sing the songs they sang in the Union camps, which were God-centered for sure because they were suffering and afraid..Thank You Trump!