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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump defended his decision to resume campaign rallies next week on a day marking the end of U.S. slavery and at the site of a black massacre 100 years ago, saying it would be a celebration.
The Republican president drew criticism for scheduling the rally on June 19, known as Juneteenth, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where white mobs attacked black citizens and businesses in one of the countrys bloodiest outbreaks of racist violence.
The rally will take place amid a backdrop of widespread protests against racism in the country after the death of a 46-year-old black man at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, who is accused of murdering him. Trump has been criticized for trying to militarize the U.S. response to the protests.
"Think about it as a celebration," Trump told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Friday, in which he then boasted about the size of his campaign rallies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/trump-on-juneteenth-rally-think-about-it-as-a-celebration/ar-BB15ooIj?li=BBnb7Kz
A celebration of one of the most heinous racist acts in the history of this country you fucking asshole.
Doodley
(8,976 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)ScratchCat
(1,957 posts)And I hope none of the legit media show any of it live.
LizBeth
(9,946 posts)tanyev
(42,362 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)I hate him
LizBeth
(9,946 posts)damn straight. Celebration in the murder of 100's of blacks.