Posted on 06/15/2021 10:14:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
The bill would lead to Juneteenth becoming the 12th federal holiday. It is expected to easily pass the House, which would send it to President Joe Biden for his signature. […]
“Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to recognize the wrongs of the past,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “But we must continue to work to ensure equal justice and fulfill the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation and our Constitution.”
The Senate passed the bill under a unanimous consent agreement that expedites the process for considering legislation. It takes just one senator’s objection to block such agreements. …
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Our existing cointry-hating marxist rulers should know this is premature.
End of slavery? Not according to BLM, liberals
This is going to hilariously backfire
In today’s politically correct world, any who would oppose this would be condemned as racist. Hence the unanimous consent. Everyone is afraid to oppose this because the liberals and media would crucify them as bigots.
Did Columbus Day survive as a federal holiday?
All this because the media wanted an excuse to bash Trump for holding a rally on Juneteenth, even though the vast majority of the country had no idea what it was.
A waste of time. We’ve done without it for well over 200 years. This will only focus on dividing us as Americans.
Same with Cinco de Mayo. Not really for us to be celebrating.
That’s basically how The French Revolution happened and spiraled out of control.
Wow. I’m stunned. I’m a federal employee and I already get 10 federal holidays, which was plenty. Now I will get 11.
It’s amazing, but somehow not surprising. One party rule can do anything—maybe a federal holiday every week? Whatever. It dilutes the value of the other federal holidays.
The midterms can’t come soon enough!
Just imagine the greeting cards and balloons! What about the “blow out sales” advertising? A friend quickly quipped, “Don’t be a sl@ve to high prices!”
That’s exactly what this is
I think it’s pronounced with a teenf
We’ll never be able to move on. But that’s the point, ongoing divide and conquer
What would Shoomah know about the “Wrongs of the past”?
Nobody in his family was here then.
My family was shooting at each other right up until my g-g-uncle was paroled at Appomattox by General Grant.
Shoomuhs didnt show up for what, another 50 years?
Hilarious to hear the sanctimonius SOB talk about it.
Ok fine. Now make an existing federal holiday a working day. How about MLK day.
Schumer’s family was cobbling loafers in Kiev and soaking up collectivist theory
federal and govt workers get another paid day off....private sector get nothing........hopefully most schools will already be out and the teachers won’t get another paid day home in their pj’s....
No. Anything the lefties want is bad. That is an axiom of eternal truth in human politics, to paraphrase Jefferson.
Giving in to the left at all increases their power. That includes “holidays” that one may want for one reason or another. And whatever the left claims something to be, it is not.
1. It will cost the federal government a lot of money because all federal employees will now get another day of holiday pay.
2. While the ending of slavery was a great thing, it does not make a lot of sense to make a holiday at this point in time. It will really only cause more division, JCpennys had some juneteenth merchandise and it had the black power fist on it. This is not meant to be a holiday in which the whole country comes together to celebrate the ending of a great evil. It will be celebrated with militant marches, riots and anti white merchandise.
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