{"id":120464,"date":"2023-06-20T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=120464"},"modified":"2023-06-20T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:25:28","slug":"republicans-try-canceling-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=120464","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Try Canceling Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=120464\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=120464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120465 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/360_F_503626043_ngRG8XQV3RzEEJeb0teU2EsLvOBpm8sy-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/360_F_503626043_ngRG8XQV3RzEEJeb0teU2EsLvOBpm8sy-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/360_F_503626043_ngRG8XQV3RzEEJeb0teU2EsLvOBpm8sy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nikki Slusher <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until I lived in Texas when I really learned about Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, issuing General Order Number 3, which declared that all enslaved people were free. It was estimated around 250,000 slaves resided in the state at the time. After the emancipation of slaves in Texas was implemented, it was the official first time the entire country had abolished slavery \u2014 two and half years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday in June 2021 when President Biden signed the bipartisan supported legislation that passed unanimously in the Senate and approved with a 415-14 vote in the House. There is nothing nefarious about recognizing this day in our history. So why are conservatives melting down over the holiday?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>TurningPoint USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk tweeted,\u201d If Juneteenth was really about emancipation, why not\u2026September 22, 1862 when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation? Or January 1, 1863 when the Proclamation took effect? Or December 18th, 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment?<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s not about emancipation, which was one of America&#8217;s great moral achievements. It&#8217;s about creating a summertime, race-based competitor two weeks before July 4th, which should be the most unifying civic holiday on the calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk even went as far to suggest Juneteenth is a \u201cCRT-inspired federal holiday\u201d that \u201ccompetes with July 4th.\u201d For someone with a noticeably larger forehead there\u2019s sure not a lot going on up there. Former GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker posted, \u201cThere would be no #JuneteenthDay without the declaration made on the 4th of July. We are a nation founded on freedom \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Candace Owens, the conservative commentator who also worked for TurningPoint USA, shared her sentiments on Twitter stating, \u201cJuneteenth is still ghetto and made up. Hope everyone enjoys it!\u201d Fellow right winger Brigitte Gabriel \u201cJuneteenth is not a holiday.\u201d It\u2019s like the lights are on and nobody\u2019s home when it comes to Klandace and Hanan (Gabriel\u2019s given birth name).<\/p>\n<p>The self-proclaimed Ultra MAGA spokespeople have very short memories though. Back in September 2020 on the presidential campaign trail then-President Donald Trump attempted to woo Black voters in Atlanta with promises, including establishing Juneteenth \u2014 the commemoration of the end of U.S. slavery \u2014 as a federal holiday. It had been celebrated as a state holiday in Texas and other states prior to that.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, they\u2019re proving they will use anything to make it a \u201cLeft vs. Right\u201d issue, even on something as simple as recognizing a national historic event once a year. The group that screamed Democrats were waging a \u201cwoke cancel culture\u201d war sure keeps doing a lot of canceling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher It wasn\u2019t until I lived in Texas when I really learned about Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, issuing General Order Number 3, which declared that all enslaved people were free. It was estimated around 250,000 slaves resided in the state at the time. 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