GOP Chairwoman: “Juneteenth is an important part of the history of our country and the Republican Party"

twitter ^ | June 19 | GOP

[RandFan]

@GOP

“Juneteenth is an important part of the history of our country and the Republican Party.”— @GOPChairwoman

[cdcdawg]

Of course she did.

[dainbramaged]

Good grief you idiot.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Then it should have a proper name in American English, and not Ebonics.

[mrmeyer]

Because she’s a virtue signaling clown.

[GreatRoad]

I have never heard of this thing until last year and I was born in mid last century.

[imabadboy99]

Another fake holiday for a country that has replaced 1A with a national religion of diversity.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Yeah, sure.....

St. George of Fentanyl needed his own day.

[ryderann]

No doubt she loves kwanzaa too.

[MayflowerMadam]

What? You have a problem with Jive?

[smokingfrog]

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/juneteenth

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Where the hell do they get this “Juneteenth”? Lincoln signed the 13th Feb. 1st. Is Feb. 1st racist now?

[Yogafist]

How many Junes are there in a Juneteenth?

[Republican Wildcat]

She’s obviously correct. An inconvenient fact of history the Democrats would like to whitewash out of existence.

[AndyJackson]

The GOP suffers from utter pandermonium.

[Lurkinanloomin]

LOL, good one

[SuzyQue]

Juneteenth celebrates the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas. It has been celebrated in Texas for years, by the decendants of the people whom the Emancipation Proclamation freed. About 2 years ago the national cultural appropriationists appropriated it as a national holiday, much like Cinco de Mayo. Its actual origins are now already almost lost to history...

[PghBaldy]

Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination, emancipation of slaves... all important. Juneteenth is a minor footnote.

[Reily]

December 6, 1865 is the date that should be celebrated! Since it’s the date that the 13th Amendment was made part of the Constitution! All this Juneteeth besides not being a word is the worse sort of virtue signaling. It’s a celebration of historical ignorance.

[Republican Wildcat]

The Union soldiers arriving in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 and declaring the slaves in Texas to be free. It’s a combination of the words “June” and “Nineteenth.” It has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980.