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GOP senators debate replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday
The Hill ^ | July 1 2020 | ALEXANDER BOLTON AND SAAGAR ENJETI

Posted on 07/01/2020 11:50:59 AM PDT by rintintin

Republican senators are debating whether Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, should replace Columbus Day on the federal government's list of official holidays.

A bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to make Juneteenth a federal holiday is being held up by an internal Senate GOP squabble.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), an outspoken budget hawk, doesn't want to add another paid holiday to the calendar.

Johnson says if Juneteenth is made a federal holiday, another paid federal holiday should come off the schedule. He's proposing scrapping Columbus Day but is open to eliminating another holiday instead.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 18620619; 2020; abolition; columbusday; cornyn; emancipation; gopestablishment; jameslankford; johncornyn; johnson; juneteenth; oklahoma; rinos; ronjohnson; texas; wisconsin
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To: 1Old Pro
What’s next, replacing Christmas.

That was their first choice to drop in favor of Juneteenth, but the Chamber of Commerce intervened.

21 posted on 07/01/2020 11:58:41 AM PDT by Ratman0823 (Today's news is all about the Leftist's "narrative". If it doesn't fit, the sheeple don't see it.)
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To: rintintin

Why’s it fair to give Blacks two federal holidays.

How about renaming Martin Luther King day to Martin Luther King / Junteenth day?


22 posted on 07/01/2020 11:58:49 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: RonnG

Start a street riot and maybe the GOP will listen to you. Otherwise be quiet and pay your taxes and vote for Republicans like a good sheeple


23 posted on 07/01/2020 11:58:55 AM PDT by rintintin (qu)
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To: 1Old Pro

All politicians will allow the destruction of Christians as the Christmas Holiday is ended. Then it will be follow by elimination of Hanukkah and slaughter once against of the Jews. Best have plan B if the Rapture is late ..... is alway prudent to have a plan B, C, D, E etc.


24 posted on 07/01/2020 11:59:19 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want Americva to fail and die)
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To: shelterguy

This kind of issue is about the limit of their intellectual capability.

No more incapable or moronic human ever created than a U.S. senator.


25 posted on 07/01/2020 11:59:21 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (That thing you think is privilege is really sweat equity.)
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To: jughandle

26 posted on 07/01/2020 11:59:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rintintin
Majority of gop proves once again the spineless cretins they are.

Only a minority of gop are outspoken in support of President Trump.

27 posted on 07/01/2020 12:00:14 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: Ratman0823

They could talk to the pope and other Christian leaders about changing the date of Christmas to June, and combine it with Juneteenth.


28 posted on 07/01/2020 12:00:40 PM PDT by rintintin (qu)
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To: cymbeline

There shouldn’t be days named after people, period.

Makes more sense to have a holiday celebrating the end of slavery.


29 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How about getting rid of most of the holidays and let people celebrate what they want when they want.

As a semi-retired curmudgeon it annoys me that regular people have so many days off to celebrate meaningless holidays.


30 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:03 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: rintintin

Feds don’t work anyway. Give them another federal holiday.


31 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:08 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: rintintin

They should be debating a federal school choice program! Put the dems action whwre their fat mouths are! Put another bill forth making it illegal for white doctors to abort black babies.


32 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:19 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: rintintin

The word of the day..pander..because that is what this is..straight up pandering. Tucker is right, there are some in the GOP who are so obsessed with kissing commie behind they will do ANYTHING to get it


33 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:35 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rintintin

And this is why the left is winning. The Recucklicans are useless.


34 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:47 PM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico)
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To: rintintin

The GOP is finished.


35 posted on 07/01/2020 12:01:56 PM PDT by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: rintintin
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36 posted on 07/01/2020 12:02:00 PM PDT by SanchoP (We're passed the biological softening up and beginning the open warfare strategy. WAKE UP!!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Dont give them any ideas, next we will be told that Santa is a racist we need to cancel Christmas


37 posted on 07/01/2020 12:02:02 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s on the Bubble.

It will be renamed as the Nondenominational Kwanzaa Winter Shopping Holiday.


38 posted on 07/01/2020 12:02:13 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Of course Santa is a racist. He has oppressed children of color for thousands of years.


39 posted on 07/01/2020 12:03:02 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

John Cornyn is a useless piece of human waste. I hope someone in Texas replaces this POS.


40 posted on 07/01/2020 12:03:15 PM PDT by ohioman
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