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Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2020
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| June 19, 2020
| President Donald J Trump, Melania Trump
Posted on 06/19/2020 9:10:47 AM PDT by ransomnote
The First Lady and I send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Juneteenth this year.
On this day 155 years ago, African Americans in Texas first heard the righteous and long-overdue words of General Order Number 3: “All slaves are free.” These words confirmed for still-enslaved people in Texas that the Union Army would enforce and defend their freedom, announced nearly 3 years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln in his Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth reminds us of both the unimaginable injustice of slavery and the incomparable joy that must have attended emancipation. It is both a remembrance of a blight on our history and a celebration of our Nation’s unsurpassed ability to triumph over darkness. That ability is rooted in the fundamental goodness of America—in the truths upon which we, as a Nation, declared an end to our status as the subjects of a monarch and emerged as a free and independent people: that all men are created equal by the hand of God, endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These words form the heart of what Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called the “promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” The celebration of Juneteenth marks an important milestone in the hard-fought journey to make good on that promise for all Americans.
This Juneteenth, we commit, as one Nation, to live true to our highest ideals and to build always toward a freer, stronger country that values the dignity and boundless potential of all Americans.
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KEYWORDS: juneteenth; slavery; wh
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To: ransomnote
To: ransomnote
To: ransomnote
Mattis, your an ass. I don’t think any rational American cannot be brought together with this statement from the President.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:14:14 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: ransomnote
Great that we can celebrate one groups holiday but the awfulness of Christmas is so much to bear, it has to be labeled “year end holiday” in most corporations
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:19:51 AM PDT
by
Regulator
To: ransomnote
The First Lady and I send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Juneteenth this year.
On this day 155 years ago, African Americans owned by demonicRATS in Texas first heard the righteous and long-overdue words of General Order Number 3: All slaves are free. These words confirmed for still-enslaved people in Texas that the Union Army, led by a Republican President, would enforce and defend their freedom, announced nearly 3 years earlier by Republican President Abraham Lincoln in his Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth reminds us of both the unimaginable injustice of slavery, perpetuated in defiance of The Constitution by demonicRATS and the incomparable joy that must have attended emancipation at the hands of a Republican President.
It is both a remembrance of a blight on our history brought to us by demonicRATS and a celebration of our Nations unsurpassed ability to triumph over darkness, thanks to Republicans.
That ability is rooted in the fundamental goodness of Republicans in Americain the truths upon which we, as a Nation, declared an end to our status as the subjects of a monarch and emerged as a free and independent people: that all men are created equal by the hand of God, endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
These words form the heart of what Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called the promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. The celebration of Juneteenth marks an important milestone in the hard-fought journey to make good on that promise for all Americans.
This Juneteenth, we commit, as one Nation, to live true to our highest ideals and to build always toward a freer, stronger country that values the dignity and boundless potential of all Americans despite demonicRATS' best efforts.
The White House
There. Fixed it.
To: ransomnote
Let us remember that it was Democratic Party politicians in Texas who were withholding the information from blacks that they were legally free from slavery. Democrats were keeping them enslaved long after the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:21:32 AM PDT
by
ChronicMA
To: ransomnote
Nobody knew what Juneteenth was two weeks ago. Now we have even Trump himself joining in on the “celebration”.
Trump is saying — “if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em”.
Savvy. Go Trump!
To: plain talk
I have no problem with a Holiday celebrating the end of slavery, should have been done years ago.
Then there wouldn’t have been the need for an MLK Day.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:23:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ransomnote
why is it still called the white house. don’t black houses matter.
sorry.
well said mr president. well said.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:24:41 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
To: ransomnote
Just what the country needs. More pandering to the blacks.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:25:58 AM PDT
by
Pravious
To: Texas Eagle
There. Fixed it. Great work, let me know if you ever need a job reference for the position of White House speechwriter!
To: Ronaldus Magnus
Thank you. I forgot to identify Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. as "stalwart Republican Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr."
To: Texas Eagle
The Emancipation Proclamation wasnt a law, it was a Presidential Executive Order. How can anyone who opposes President Donald Trumps Executive Orders support President Lincolns Executive Orders?
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:35:02 AM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: ransomnote
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: ransomnote
He should have amended this to say:
announced nearly 3 years earlier by REPUBLICAN President Abraham Lincoln in his Emancipation Proclamation, and denounced by the democrat party.
Nothing has really changed at all.
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:49:09 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
To: ransomnote
Or, as Joe Biden refers to it, Junethieth. The day, you know, the thing.
To: Alas Babylon!
I don't know if you already saw it, but this man talks about the sordid history of the Dem party, including their opposition to the 13th, 14, and 15th Amendments
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posted on
06/19/2020 9:55:43 AM PDT
by
ransomnote
(IN GOD WE TRUST)
To: Pravious
....”The First Lady and I send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Juneteenth this year.”
What kind of pandering crap is this...?? up until about
24 hours ago, NO one even heard about Juneteenth and now,
it is a recognized holiday or something...??!! are state
and federal workers [sic] getting this day off...??
this reminds me of Kwanzaaaahhh, a phony, made-up holiday
that the vast majority of the population ignores and/or
could care less about....
To: ransomnote
On April 8, 1865, the 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate Republican support 100% Democrat support 37% On June 19, 1865,
Liberals celebrating that barely 1/3 of their party voted to end slavery?
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posted on
06/19/2020 10:13:30 AM PDT
by
Bob434
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