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Anyway, Juneteenth was the day Texans were informed that slavery was over.
Joe Biden got his facts garbled again on Thursday, apparently mistaking the day marking the emancipation of American slaves with what’s considered one of the worst massacres of African-Americans in US history.
“He’s going down to Texas on Juneteenth, right? The first major massacre, literally speaking, of ‘Black Wall Street,’ right? Years ago,” the gaffe-prone veep said, referring to President Trump during a roundtable with community members on how to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump campaign jumped on the blunder, tweeting out a 10-second clip of the statement Biden made at the event at the Empire Center, once home to Dick Clark’s famed “American Bandstand” TV show.
“Joe Biden doesn’t know what Juneteenth is. 1. President Trump is going to Texas today, not June 19. 2. Juneteenth is about emancipation. 3. The massacre was in Oklahoma,” the “Trump War Room” tweeted.
Trump will resume holding campaign rallies on June 19 in Tulsa, but was in Texas on Thursday for a sitdown with evangelical leaders and visit to a Dallas megachurch where he joined Attorney General Bill Barr and HUD Secretary Ben Carson to talk police reform in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing.
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day when news that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, the last slave state to receive the news.
“He’s going down to Texas on Juneteenth, right? The first major massacre, literally speaking, of ‘Black Wall Street,’ right? Years ago,” the gaffe-prone veep said, referring to President Trump during a roundtable with community members on how to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump campaign jumped on the blunder, tweeting out a 10-second clip of the statement Biden made at the event at the Empire Center, once home to Dick Clark’s famed “American Bandstand” TV show.
“Joe Biden doesn’t know what Juneteenth is. 1. President Trump is going to Texas today, not June 19. 2. Juneteenth is about emancipation. 3. The massacre was in Oklahoma,” the “Trump War Room” tweeted.
Trump will resume holding campaign rallies on June 19 in Tulsa, but was in Texas on Thursday for a sitdown with evangelical leaders and visit to a Dallas megachurch where he joined Attorney General Bill Barr and HUD Secretary Ben Carson to talk police reform in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing.
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day when news that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, the last slave state to receive the news.
Biden conflates Juneteenth celebration with Tulsa massacre in bid to hit Trump
Joe Biden got his facts garbled again on Thursday, apparently mistaking the day marking the emancipation of American slaves with what’s considered one of the worst massacres of African-Americans in…
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