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Senate unanimously passes a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Cnn ^
Posted on 06/15/2021 3:14:17 PM PDT by janetjanet998
CNN) The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
The legislation has gained momentum since the massive Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd last year and the Democrats' takeover of the White House and Congress.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 18620619; abolition; emancipation; juneteenth
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I never heard of this until last summer
To: janetjanet998
Texas was not the last state to free slaves.
Some kept them until December 1865.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:15:48 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: janetjanet998
End of slavery , the day every Democrat cried
To: janetjanet998
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:16:23 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: janetjanet998
What do they want next, Milk’s B Day?
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:16:24 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: janetjanet998
They’re scared of blacks. Even Trump tried to bribe them. Nothing in return. Do we owe them? Be honest. Oh i get it. we’re doing it for ourselves. MLK Day came at the expense of one of the presidents.
To: rfp1234
Festivus for the rest of us.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:17:42 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
To: a fool in paradise
No mention of the hypocrisy of the dems on this issue. As they were the ones who fought to the death to keep slavery going.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:18:04 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths. )
To: All
Yeah bending over for BLM terrorists will win you some black votes . Republicans are pathetic worms. If it HAS to be a holiday it should just be one for the state of Texas. It makes no sense for it to be a holiday at the federal level. Rolling over for cry baby blacks is only going to lead to more BLM violence.
To: JoSixChip
Ask Joe what took Delaware so long.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:19:23 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: janetjanet998
Unanimous? Nice to see the Republicans are nice and bipartisan for a change.
Yet another day for freelance reparations collection.
Now there are three federal holidays for African Americans. Martin Luther King's Birthday, George Floyd Memorial Day, and this.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:19:37 PM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
To: janetjanet998
So do we get rid of July 4th to compensate?
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:20:01 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: janetjanet998
Wouldn’t it make more sense to celebrate December 6th, 1865? The passing of the 13th amendment to the Constitution would be a much better holiday for blacks to celebrate.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:20:25 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: rfp1234
What do they want next, Milk’s B Day? National Fellate a Black Man Day.
To: escapefromboston
It is a day of freedom. Worth celebrating.
Tell them we also want a day to recognize the victims of Communism.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:20:49 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: janetjanet998
But, but, but...I thought we could not have names for holidays...because some people might get their feelings hurt?
And besides, who gets holidays? Except federal and municipal employees? And teachers? Oh, yea...forgot about our elected OFF-icials?
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:21:40 PM PDT
by
RouxStir
(No peein' in the gene pool.)
To: janetjanet998
Well, then. That should satisfy BLM and all this reparations nonsense, right?
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:22:02 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: DIRTYSECRET
MLK Day came at the expense of one of the presidents.
If you are thinking of Lincoln’s birthday, it was never a federal holiday—just a state holiday primarily in the north and west.
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:22:03 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: janetjanet998
I have nothing against commemorating that day, but the term “Juneteenth” has always bothered me. It glorifies imprecision and the sloppy use of language.
To: janetjanet998
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posted on
06/15/2021 3:22:35 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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