for 2 million federal employees... let that sink in good
Posted on 06/19/2021 6:44:39 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) was met with boos while attending a Juneteenth celebration on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisc., WDJT reported.
According to WDJT, the Republican senator was heckled by crowd members while speaking to reporters.
At one point during the video, a bystander can be heard saying "We don't need you out here."
The resistance to Johnson comes after the lawmaker issued a statement objecting to making Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday earlier this week.
“Last year, a bill was introduced to celebrate Juneteenth by providing an additional paid holiday for 2 million federal employees at a cost of $600 million per year. They attempted to pass the bill without debate or amendment process,” Johnson said.
“Although I strongly support celebrating Emancipation, I objected to the cost and lack of debate. While it still seems strange that having taxpayers provide federal employees paid time off is now required to celebrate the end of slavery, it is clear that there is no appetite in Congress to further discuss the matter. Therefore, I do not intend to object,” he added.
However, the senator later dropped his objection.
Juneteenth, celebrated every year on June 19, recognizes the day in 1865 when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved people in Texas at the time, freedom came more than two years after former President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bill to recognize Juneteenth in their respective chambers last June, but it didn't gain momentum.
The bill was later reintroduced in February, and it was taken up by Congress this week. The Senate on Tuesday passed the legislation by unanimous consent, and later, the House passed the bill Wednesday.
On Thursday, President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. However, Biden noted that “it’s not - it’s simply not enough just to commemorate Juneteenth.”
“After all, the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans didn’t mark the end of America’s work to deliver on the promise of equality, it only marked the beginning. To honor the true meaning of Juneteenth, we have to continue towards that promise because we’ve not gotten there yet,” Biden said.
WDJT reported that Johnson also attended a similar celebration in Kenosha on Saturday.
On Twitter, Johnson said that he was dedicating the first Juneteenth holiday to Pastor Jerome Smith.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Smith worked with Johnson to create the a faith-based program that connects people with job opportunities. He died from coronavirus complications in April.
for 2 million federal employees... let that sink in good
The GOP-e still thinks if they support liberal ideas, liberals will vote for them.
Fools
Some cities are canceling July 4th, but allowing homo paradess and the juneteenth junk to go on.
Largest employer in the US.
The battle lines are quite clearly drawn.
Correcto... pun intended. Ron Johnson is awesome and his conservative constituents like me know how great he is. He stated a few days ago he wanted to vote against this nonsense fed holiday but he was the ONLY Senator against it. He said he’s been pounded by the media so much lately over Wuhan flu and Hunter Biden that he didn’t need to add this to his list. My 2 cents is he should not have gone to ANY stupid event in Milwaukee, the most liberal armpit in Wisconsin next to “ballot harvesting in the parks” Madistan.
We love our Senator Johnson.
Why would he even go????
He had to know that everyone who would go to something like that would hate him.
Juneteenth is absolute BS. I will never celebrate it!!!
If this holiday is so "real", why have I never heard of it in my 75 years?
And why was it passed in the dark of night with no debate and made a paid federal holiday to the tune of $600 million a year?
I'd be willing to bet that the majority of Americans have no idea what Juneteenth celebrates. If they did, we'd have been celebrating it every year before Congress slipped us a Mickey.
Next, we'll have a paid federal holiday that's "real" celebrating George Floyd, a black drug-using loser in Minneapolis. Count on it.
Next comes Juneteenth street names and Elementary school name changes….
“If this holiday is so “real”, why have I never heard of it in my 75 years?”
‘cause you’re dumb?
The rest of what you say in the post I have no argument with.
Labor Day is bs. Do you celebrate it?
Presidents’ Day is bs. Do you celebrate it?
Screw you! Leftist POS!
Okay...that makes sense.
What did he expect would happen?
Nearly nobody in the nation heard of "Juneteenf" before this year... so shut your silly twathole and stop calling smart old people dumb.
wrong on sooo many levels...
Agree.
I guess Biden will think we’ll get there when Hunter knocks up a Black Chick or his Granddaughter Posts a Video on TicTok giving some Black Dude some loving.
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