{"id":1951243,"date":"2023-06-19T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-fall-for-it-republicans-juneteenth-is-now-just-another-tool-to-advance-equity-aka-race-based-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:57:20","slug":"dont-fall-for-it-republicans-juneteenth-is-now-just-another-tool-to-advance-equity-aka-race-based-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-fall-for-it-republicans-juneteenth-is-now-just-another-tool-to-advance-equity-aka-race-based-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware, Republicans: Juneteenth Now Used to Promote Equity (AKA Race-Based Discrimination)"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdont-fall-for-it-republicans-juneteenth-is-now-just-another-tool-to-advance-equity-aka-race-based-discrimination%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=1951243&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--><p>Whatever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth<\/a> once stood for as a state holiday is dead and gone. Today, leftists use the new federal holiday as merely the latest tool to advance \u201cequity\u201d \u2014 aka race-based discrimination \u2014 and further entrench Critical Race Theory into American society.<\/p>\n<p>That Democrats are using something positive and noncontroversial \u2014 the celebration of emancipation and an end to slavery \u2014 to push its anti-American agenda is unsurprising. The Left always takes that which is proper and twists it for their own end. What is alarming is how many Republicans are oblivious to this tactic.<\/p>\n<p>To start, consider that leftist success depends upon invoking fear, preying upon the goodwill of Americans, and conning gullible rubes in the GOP. To see a textbook example of that strategy, look no further than how \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/legislation\/2021\/06\/17\/bill-signed-s-475\/#:~:text=On%20Thursday%2C%20June%2017%2C%202021,as%20a%20legal%20public%20holiday.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth National Independence Day<\/a>\u201d came to be.<\/p>\n<p>For background, on June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced slavery had ended via the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier. Since then, varying communities have celebrated \u201cJuneteenth\u201d most predominantly in Texas. Its regional significance and place in black culture should not be understated \u2014 even if not recognized by the majority of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, after George Floyd\u2019s death, activists began pushing for its national holiday status. President Donald Trump, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth-idUSKCN26G326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advised<\/a> that supporting such a holiday would curry favor with the black vote in the 2020 election, voiced support for Juneteenth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Juneteenth, we commit, as one Nation, to live true to our highest ideals and to build always toward a freer, stronger country that values the dignity and boundless potential of all Americans,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefings-statements\/presidential-message-juneteenth-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> on June 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats accused him of racism despite his calls for unity. They then took the Juneteenth craze and ran with it.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, President Joe Biden signed into law near-unanimous legislation making Juneteenth the 11th federal holiday. Biden used the occasion not to unite all Americans, but to foster division.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/06\/17\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-the-juneteenth-national-independence-day-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the nation that Juneteenth in part represents \u201cthe ongoing work to have to bring true equity and racial justice into American society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn short, this day doesn\u2019t just celebrate the past; it calls for action today,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden isn\u2019t speaking of performative gestures. It is a whole-of-government approach. Since practically Day One of Biden\u2019s term, his administration has been intent on unleashing a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-unleashes-total-transformation-of-government-with-equity-action-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">total transformation of government<\/a>\u201d that turns the administrative state into a vehicle for race-based discrimination and redistribution of wealth.<\/p>\n<p>What that really means is an abandonment of equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire program is set to lower standards, dilute meritocracy, and have the first large-scale government-supported laws that discriminate against people based on their race since before Eisenhower was President,\u201d 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky said of the Biden administration\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are quite honest and open about that. Folks like Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) are unafraid to say what Juneteenth is really all about now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Juneteenth AND reparations. It\u2019s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs. It\u2019s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid. It\u2019s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cBlack liberation must be prioritized.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s Juneteenth AND reparations.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country.<\/p>\n<p>Black liberation must be prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1670797693407354882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, agency heads in the Biden administration rushed to declare how their department is accomplishing Justice40 \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/commitment-climate-justice-celebrating-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden plan<\/a> that \u201cdirects 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments to flow to underserved and overburdened communities.\u201d That should be taken to mean mostly non-white areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Department said that \u201cJuneteenth serves as a celebration and a reminder of why advancing climate justice is an integral part of our work at the Department of Energy today and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate justice\u201d looks a lot like \u201cracial justice,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-climate-endgame-a-50-trillion-bridge-to-racial-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously observed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stated Monday, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We cannot celebrate <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Juneteenth<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> without committing to fight for equity &#038; opportunity for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We cannot celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juneteenth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Juneteenth<\/a> without committing to fight for equity &#038; opportunity for all. <\/p>\n<p>Progress for America must ensure that Black and Brown children receive an excellent education and the resources they need to thrive. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F1o9ckNld8\">pic.twitter.com\/F1o9ckNld8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecCardona\/status\/1670778491103584265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEquity\u201d in education is often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dei-is-dead-glenn-youngkins-diversity-officer-nukes-woke-diktats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">code<\/a> for lowering standards and diluting the overall quality of education.<\/p>\n<p>Excellence and potential success of federally-funded projects alone no longer determine where your tax dollars go \u2014 what really matters is whether it can put more money in the hands of minorities. Everything the Biden administration does domestically is animated by that mission \u2014 especially marking Juneteenth.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) warned that Juneteenth would be used by the Left to push for these sorts of plans. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) derided him as \u201ckooky.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cs\" dir=\"ltr\">Kooky <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3gPnJCyiR\">https:\/\/t.co\/O3gPnJCyiR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1405290573737578496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cornyn is a potential replacement for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), it should be noted. The only thing that is \u201ckooky\u201d is that the Republicans have not learned the way the Left operates yet. Rather than offering any pushback, Republican leaders like Ronna McDaniel still think that this day is really about American Exceptionalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuneteenth reminds us all how valuable freedom is and what we can achieve when we appeal to our nation\u2019s highest ideals and come together as Americans,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Juneteenth reminds us all how valuable freedom is and what we can achieve when we appeal to our nation\u2019s highest ideals and come together as Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPChairwoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPChairwoman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OUZDRZtXao\">pic.twitter.com\/OUZDRZtXao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GOP (@GOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP\/status\/1670769922597695488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, while Republicans use Juneteenth to offer vague platitudes, Democrats are using it to browbeat their opponents into supporting their agenda and score wins for their voters.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats never do something out of the kindness of their own hearts. The Left has no desire to honor our nation\u2019s heritage simply to celebrate American greatness. Democrats only advance certain holidays, policies, or rhetoric if it gives them a chance at maintaining and expanding power. They know that the GOP is either unwilling or too scared to call them out for it.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever Juneteenth once symbolized as a state holiday is now obsolete. Leftists exploit this new federal holiday to promote &#8220;equity,&#8221; which essentially means race-based discrimination, and solidify Critical Race Theory in America. Democrats are tarnishing the positive and uncontroversial commemoration of emancipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1951244,"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":[541],"tags":[29095,8055,5102,10708,28972,5800,17943,3756],"class_list":["post-1951243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-aka","tag-beware","tag-discrimination","tag-equity","tag-juneteenth","tag-promote","tag-race-based","tag-republicans"],"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\/1951243","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}