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Trump reschedules campaign rally in Tulsa 'out of respect' for Juneteenth
2020-06-14
[UPI] President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
 announced he rescheduled his first rally since March in Tulsa, Okla., after receiving criticism for originally setting the event on Juneteenth.

The original date -- June 19 -- marks a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. Between the timing and location, some critics saw the event as insensitive to African Americans, particularly as Black Lives Matter protests sweep the nation.

Tulsa is the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a bloody event that killed up to 300 African Americans in the Greenwood District, known as "Black Wall Street" for its more than 300 black-owned businesses.

Trump announced on Twitter late Friday night that the rally date would be moved.
Posted by:Fred

#38  Thank you for translating, Frank G.

Juneteenth has been a big festival in Cincinnati for over thirty years, though this year they are celebrating virtually in view of coronavirus concerns — all the June and July festivals were cancelled a month or so ago, just in case.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-06-14 23:13  

#37  Of course, growing up in a relatively "diverse" environment, I'd never, ever heard of Kwanza, either.
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-14 22:58  

#36  Not I...never heard of it.
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-14 22:53  

#35  I wonder how many people have ever heard of Juneteenth before now?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-06-14 21:58  

#34  230,000 myself *knocks wood* but replaced that crappy 2004 tranny (machine, you sick...)
Posted by: Frank G   2020-06-14 21:56  

#33  Frank ~ Perhaps we could go in together on a package F-150 purchase. At 137,000 nearly trouble free miles, I am in need as well. I owe it to myself, and Ford Motor Co.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-06-14 20:44  

#32  Nahhhh... Ima bout ready for a new F-150, but Chevy's and Dodge's, and Toyota's?

I've mellowed
Posted by: Frank G   2020-06-14 18:36  

#31  Hope it happens before October 10 when the new Chevies come out...

Isn't that kind of insensitive to Frank?
Posted by: gorb   2020-06-14 18:31  

#30  #25 - TW said Knock it the fuck off...or at least try and be subtle and clever
Posted by: Frank G   2020-06-14 17:48  

#29  ^Congratulations - mine lasted 7.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-14 17:41  

#28  And my 51st wedding anniversary.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2020-06-14 17:08  

#27  And Flag Day.
Posted by: charger   2020-06-14 17:07  

#26  Hey, today's Trump's birthday
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-14 16:04  

#25  All right, you lot, cut out the flame war nonsense. Or one of our very able members will translate my thoughts into language that will make it exceedingly clear.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-06-14 16:00  

#24  What P2K said in #10.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-06-14 10:48  

#23  There is a lot off ugly Ace of Spades commentary going on here today, It needs to stop.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 10:08  

#22  ðŸ˜ƒ
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-14 09:59  

#21  Hey, G they hate us both. I've told you before I consider you my friend even when I disagree with you. More so now.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:58  

#20  #5 I thought they're permanently wet - pissing against the wind, etc...?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-14 09:50  

#19  /\ You're a little late for that.
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-14 09:46  

#18  This thread has gotten ugly. I should have left sooner but I'm leaving now.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:43  

#17  What would make you happy, Clem? The return of slavery or the deportation of all blacks. Don't be shy. Tell us what you think.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:41  

#16  ^ I'm sure I don't see it that way. But I'm an asshole and a shitposter. Glenn said so.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:38  

#15  GOP definitely should be embarrassed about "America's First Dictator", Abe "Habeas Corpus" Lincoln.
Posted by: Clem   2020-06-14 09:29  

#14  It's signal to noise ratio, dickwad. And day drinking implies it's daytime where you are...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:28  

#13  BTW, we now know MT7566 is Glenn Reynolds.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 09:07  

#12  GOPe has always seemed sort of embarrassed about what Lincoln did.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 08:37  

#11  Emancipation Proclamation was signed January 1, 1863. It was on June 19th, 1865 that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the slaves there were now free.

"The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer."

Apparently it took 2-1/2 years before the news was first given to the former slaves that they were actually now free.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-06-14 08:34  

#10  What? Juneteenth would never had happen if it wasn't for Republicans. You should celebrate it as a manifestation of the original Black Lives Matter movement. Own it! Take it from the Donks.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-06-14 07:37  

#9  Between Gromit and Mucus, S/N ration here is dropping fast.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2020-06-14 06:07  

#8  Bumping a rally to a Saturnday is better, especially when it gets it off the same day as big crowds that might otherwise create headlines if things got hostile - and you can bet your ass BLM would make sure thing did get hostile.

Mucus, you're an asshole and all you do is shitpost. Likely the staffer didn't know. Juneteenth used to be only a Texas thing
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2020-06-14 06:06  

#7  Yes, a good call. I'm sure Trump's people didn't know about "Juneteenth." Nor should they. I mean, a holiday about an executive order from a Republican President? How offensive.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 03:41  

#6  Good call.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2020-06-14 03:25  

#5  They wet themselves regularly at ZH and Unz over Orange Man's Zionist ties.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 03:10  

#4  The Orange Man is ultimate evil - worse than "Zionists".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-14 03:01  

#3  Scheduling on "Juneteenth" was "insensitive." Re scheduling for the next day is "grandstanding,"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-14 02:51  

#2  Hope it happens before October 10 when the new Chevies come out...
Posted by: crazyhorse   2020-06-14 02:25  

#1  Between all the Muslim holy days and Black History Month Eternity, we may as well never get out of bed.

It'd be disrespctful.
Posted by: charger   2020-06-14 01:41  

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