Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Jackson Lee calls Juneteenth ‘a moment of great emotion’ amid push for reparations commission
The hill ^ | 06/19/2022 | ZACh SCHONFELD

Posted on 06/19/2022 9:00:30 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who helped lead efforts to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, said on Sunday that this year’s celebration is a moment to reflect on both the “jubilation of freedom” and the “brutality of slavery.”

“It is a moment of great emotion,” Jackson Lee told co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: emotion; juneteenth; lee; reparations
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-47 next last
To: ChicagoConservative27
“It is a moment of great emotion,” Jackson Lee told co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Paid days off of work make me emotional too. One of the joys of working in the banking industry.

21 posted on 06/19/2022 10:06:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

More white men died freeing the slaves, forever changing family histories; than black men died fighting for their freedom.
Fact. KMA. People need to man up on both sides and live in the now.


22 posted on 06/19/2022 10:22:03 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Because there are so many slaves running around today 🤪


23 posted on 06/19/2022 10:27:56 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Is anyone celebrating Juneteenth by honoring the sacrifice of the 500,000+ Union soldiers who gave their life to free the slaves owned by southern Democrats?

Asking on behalf of my Civil War ancestors.


24 posted on 06/19/2022 10:40:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

My ancestors fought for the north to free the slaves. Where is his celebration


25 posted on 06/19/2022 10:48:44 AM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: roving

“My ancestors fought for the north to free the slaves. Where is his celebration”

Memorial Day?


26 posted on 06/19/2022 10:50:57 AM PDT by Fuzz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

I would think the death of Dian Fossey would be important to this Silverback.


27 posted on 06/19/2022 10:51:06 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

How are they going to determine who of Blacks today are descendants of slaves and who are descendants of Blacks who owned slaves? The very first Black slave owner was a Negro.


28 posted on 06/19/2022 10:53:03 AM PDT by Islander2 (instead..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep!!


29 posted on 06/19/2022 10:54:44 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Had a tag line a couple times....maybe have another someday.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GranTorino

“How bout the reality that white people freed the slaves.”

White REPUBLICANS freed the slaves.


30 posted on 06/19/2022 10:59:38 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: 4yearlurker

US Open is ALL Fathers Day commentary (of what I have seen.


31 posted on 06/19/2022 11:01:37 AM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Certainly in the running. The harpy from Los Angeles has my vote. Interestingly, in the very deep South the reparations idea is not greeted with great hostility by the white boys. Why would that be? Because it means that it will be an income shift that the Yankees from Chicago and New England will pay disproportionately for through taxes and reparation bucks will be spent on home improvements, newer used cars, outboard motor boats and assorted consumer items. The local white boys mostly own the purveyors of those goods and services so, just like TVA, the Yankees will end up putting bucks in the Rebs pockets.


32 posted on 06/19/2022 11:23:06 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth, all y)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Happy Juneteenth to the few Texans who care about it.


33 posted on 06/19/2022 11:24:51 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OttawaFreeper

The yard needs serious workand the growth invading the left side of the house has to go or serious deterioration will happen. Why would a rich person not see to this?


34 posted on 06/19/2022 11:25:36 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth, all y)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Wow, its June Teenth already? Seems like just yesterday it was kawanza!


35 posted on 06/19/2022 11:30:04 AM PDT by 43north (America doesn't need an election. We need an exorcism.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27
Obviously, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), failed her American History class. If she had studied the Civil War she would be so proud to be an American.
36 posted on 06/19/2022 11:32:56 AM PDT by Chgogal (If Democrats are not aborting babies they are starving them. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

I am holding up two fingers one on each hand can you guess who they are for?


37 posted on 06/19/2022 12:44:13 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Wait. So, the whole month of February wasn’t enough?


38 posted on 06/19/2022 12:51:16 PM PDT by piusv (Francis didn't start the Fire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah. Her hair is braided too tight.


39 posted on 06/19/2022 12:53:03 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GranTorino

why? it was generally white people that owned the slaves.


40 posted on 06/19/2022 1:13:16 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-47 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson