El Presidente Trumpo has changed his big big rally date after people absolutely flipped out because it coincided with the Juneteenth holiday and also would be in Tulsa where there was a horrific race riot against blacks a long time ago.
We had previously scheduled our #MAGA Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for June 19th – a big deal. Unfortunately, however, this would fall on the Juneteenth Holiday. Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date out…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2020
…of respect for this Holiday, and in observance of this important occasion and all that it represents. I have therefore decided to move our rally to Saturday, June 20th, in order to honor their requests…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2020
…We have already had ticket requests in excess of 200,000 people. I look forward to seeing everyone in Oklahoma!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2020
Interesting. For those who don’t know, Juneteenth celebrates the day when the last slave in the United States was finally liberated months after the Emancipation Proclamation because they didn’t have email back then and it took a while to get information around.
As for the Tulsa race riots, it’s a pretty shameful racist episode in U.S. history that few people know about, but it’s getting much more attention lately. You can read more about it here.
Some people are very happy Trump changed the date:
President @realDonaldTrump listens to us! He is a man of the people! https://t.co/GMscYcvskd
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) June 13, 2020
Which is weird because earlier he defended having the rally on that date:
Trump tells Fox News he didn't purposefully pick Juneteenth for the date of his first rally. "No, but I know exactly what you’re going to say…Think of it as a celebration…The fact that I’m having a rally on that day, you can really think of it as a celebration."
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 12, 2020
While others are angry that he CAVED to the TERRORISTS:
President Trump and his supporters have been treated like crap for the past 4 years by the left, the outrage mob, & the media, and yet we are witnessing him bow down to the demands of domestic terrorists. Can we have our President back, please? I didnt vote for Jared Kushner.
— Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox) June 13, 2020
Uh. Ok? I guess.