{"id":1951045,"date":"2023-06-19T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-juneteenth-is-about-reading-books-not-banning-them-in-dig-at-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:11:11","slug":"white-house-says-juneteenth-is-about-reading-books-not-banning-them-in-dig-at-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-juneteenth-is-about-reading-books-not-banning-them-in-dig-at-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"White House emphasizes Juneteenth&#8217;s focus on reading, not banning books, in swipe at GOP."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-says-juneteenth-is-about-reading-books-not-banning-them-in-dig-at-gop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The White House Stands Firm on Juneteenth and Critical Race Theory<\/h2>\n<p>The White House has taken a strong stance against Republicans who oppose the teaching of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> in schools and advocate for the exclusion of &#8220;age-inappropriate&#8221; books from curricula. This comes as the nation celebrates Juneteenth, a holiday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-catholics-gather-to-protest-celebration-of-drag-group-at-dodger-stadium\/\" title=\"Catholic crowds rally against drag event at Dodger Stadium.\">holds deep significance<\/a> in the fight against slavery and inequality.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden, in his first year in office, declared Juneteenth a federal holiday to honor the struggle against slavery and to symbolize hope for a better future. According to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, it represents &#8220;the long and hard-fought fight against slavery and subjugation&#8221; as well as &#8220;a promise of a brighter morning to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not enough to just commemorate Juneteenth,&#8221; Jean-Pierre emphasized. &#8220;Emancipation marked the beginning, not the end, of America&#8217;s work to deliver on the promise of equality. It&#8217;s about remembering history, not erasing it. It is about reading books, not banning them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jean-Pierre further added, &#8220;To honor the true meaning of Juneteenth, we must not rest until we deliver the promise of America for all Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to expressing their support for Juneteenth, the White House also extended their condolences to the victims of a tragic shooting that occurred during a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois. One person lost their life, and 22 others were injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We have reached out to offer assistance to state and local leaders in the wake of this tragedy,&#8221; Jean-Pierre stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Biden is currently en route to California for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/de-blasio-makes-a-move-that-could-signal-run-for-governor\/\" title=\"De Blasio Makes A Move That Could Signal Run For Governor\">climate change event<\/a> with Governor Gavin Newsom and fundraisers ahead of his reelection campaign&#8217;s financial disclosure deadline next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House subtly rebuked Republicans against critical race theory in schools and censoring &#8220;age-inappropriate&#8221; books as it commemorated Juneteenth. President Biden established Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021, acknowledging the arduous struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6492,8755,17227,7786,6203,3653,29077,10176,12722,3765],"class_list":["post-1951045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-banning","tag-books","tag-emphasizes","tag-focus","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-juneteenths","tag-reading","tag-swipe","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}