re: GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and James Lankford fille amendent making Juneteenth a holiday

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We are led by a party of cowards that capitulate to the left and their cultural revolution.

The DOW obsessed cowards in the GOP think being BLM lite will save them. It won't.

Saying "I don't support Black Lives Matter" is something that's going to be quite difficult for many in the GOP to say and it's sad to watch.

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Meh. Columbus Day is pretty silly to begin with - and itself was nothing more than a handout in the 30s to "Italian Americans" in order to buy their votes. And, perhaps ironically, Benji Harrison declared a one-time Columbus Day after the group lynching of Sicilians in NOLA in 1891. Another example of white privilege, as the lynching of black Americans continued with little/no penalty for many decades thereafter (and certainly no holiday.)

Juneteenth actually celebrates something worth celebrating that this country actually itself did - the freeing of chattel slaves.

It's weird that so many of you refuse to have any ability to see things in a historical perspective. You are acting as if a POLITICAL act of Congress to garner votes during the Depression is somehow an irreversible, vital part of America's soul. It's further humorous that it didn't actually become a federal holiday until 1968 (which shows where America's priorities were in that tumultuous time.)

Columbus Day? Who gives a frick.