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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Racist Democrats Protest Black Woman’s Invitation to White House Luncheon by First Lady Hoover (Video)
Gateway Pundit ^ | 06/12/2024 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 06/12/2024 2:44:23 PM PDT by DFG

95 years ago today, on June 12th, 1929, Democrats across the country expressed outrage that President Herbert Hoover’s wife, Lou, invited an African-American woman to a White House reception.

First Lady Lou Hoover, a Republican, held a luncheon for the wives of Republican congressmen.

Mrs. Hoover refused the Democrats’ demands that she rescind her invitation to Jessie De Priest, wife of Oscar De Priest, an African-American congressman from Chicago.

The Luncheon went on as planned.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 1929; depriest; grandoldpartisan; hoover

1 posted on 06/12/2024 2:44:23 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

What difference at this point does it make?

They skated on that one too.


2 posted on 06/12/2024 3:08:17 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DFG
In 1901 Republican President Theodore Roosevelt had Booker T. Washington over to the White House to share supper:
On October 16, 1901, shortly after moving into the White House, [Republican] President Theodore Roosevelt invited his adviser, the African American spokesman Booker T. Washington, to dine with him and his family. The event provoked an outpouring of condemnation from white [Democrat] politicians and press in the American South. This reaction affected subsequent White House practice and no other African American was invited to dinner for almost thirty years. — Wikipedia article

3 posted on 06/12/2024 5:10:36 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

They really should abandon ant contact to tradition, because tradition links one to sinners, and there is no mercy with progressives. How about the Satan Party? Too truthful. How about the Love Party? Perfect, completely opposite.


4 posted on 06/12/2024 5:40:04 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DFG

BTTT


5 posted on 06/13/2024 12:12:40 AM PDT by nopardons
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