Trump's descent didn't stop when he got to the bottom of that escalator. He's shown there's no depth he won't sink to — and no depth he won't drag our country to along with him. pic.twitter.com/fnHqUFtrgy
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 16, 2020
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Elections have wonderful consequences. https://t.co/Ru2b7bcEBl
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) June 16, 2020
Close enough, if the national attention doesn’t jinx it:
… “It’s time we elevate this,” Northam said of the June 19 commemoration. “Not just a celebration by and for some Virginians but one acknowledged and celebrated by all of us.”
The Democratic governor is giving every executive branch employee this Friday off as a paid holiday and will work with the legislature later this year to pass a law codifying Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday. The legislation is likely to pass the Democratic-controlled legislature with little trouble…
The announcement came less than two weeks after Northam announced he was ordering the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee along Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue. It is one of the country’s most iconic monuments to the Confederacy. Earlier this year, Northam signed legislation scrapping Lee-Jackson Day, a state holiday named after two Confederate generals…
Northam was joined Tuesday at his news conference by musician Pharrell Williams, who is from Virginia. Williams said Juneteenth deserves the same level of recognition and celebration as Independence Day.
“Here’s our day, and if you love us, it’ll be your day too,” Williams said.
In a statement, state House Republican Leader Todd Gilbert echoed the same sentiments.
“July 4th is the birthday of our nation, but Juneteenth is the day where it truly began to fulfill its promise of freedom for all,” Gilbert said. “For the first time since enslaved Africans landed at Jamestown in 1619, the chains of bondage were finally cast off.”…
It is extremely funny that the God Emperor of internet dipshits is losing by double digits to a guy live streaming from his den. https://t.co/JMLPRIUEcY
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) June 17, 2020
Oh, having an ice cream somewhere, using one hand to lift it to his face, chuckling happily as he watches you clowns crash and burn, I presume… https://t.co/t0zQvdJukz
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) June 17, 2020
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