{"id":1982349,"date":"2023-07-25T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:18:58","slug":"biden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden subtly criticizes GOP at Emmett Till memorial: &#8216;Don&#8217;t erase the past&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history%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=1982349&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>President Biden Stands Up Against\u200c Book Bans \u200band Honors Emmett Till<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe \u200dBiden delivered\u200b a powerful message\u2064 on Tuesday\u200b while announcing the designation of three sites as \u2062part of the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. On the 82nd anniversary of Till&#8217;s birth, the president \u2063used the occasion to address attempts to &#8220;ban books&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-veiled-attacks-on-gop-during-emmett-till-memorial-designation-bury-history\/\" title=\"Biden subtly criticizes GOP at Emmett Till memorial: 'Don't erase the past'\">criticized education \u200dreform efforts \u2064led<\/a> by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;At a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury\u200b history, we&#8217;re\u200d making it clear \u2014 crystal, crystal clear. While darkness\u2062 and \u2063denial can\u200c hide\u2063 much, they erase nothing,&#8221; Biden \u200bstated. &#8220;We can&#8217;t just choose \u200bto learn what we want\u2062 to know. We \u200bhave to learn what\u2064 we should know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also highlighted the significance of Biden&#8217;s proclamation,\u2062 considering the ongoing \u200cefforts \u200cto shape public school curricula in Republican-led states.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s not forget what\u200b we have seen these past several months as we \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-zeroes-in-on-desantis-ahead-of-emmett-till-monument-announcement\/\" title=\"White House focuses on DeSantis before Emmett Till monument decision.\">witness extreme officials<\/a> in Florida and \u200dacross the country lie about American history,&#8221; she told reporters during Monday&#8217;s White House press briefing. &#8220;The most recent \u200dexample shamefully promotes a lie that \u200censlaved\u200d people actually benefited from slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the proclamation itself, \u2063Biden emphasized that Till&#8217;s &#8220;story&#8221; was shaped by the fight for civil rights. He recognized the three Till sites in Illinois \u200dand Mississippi as places that hold historic significance and shed light on\u2063 the ongoing injustice and inequality \u2062faced by Black people today.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;These places contain historic objects\u200c that illuminate the\u2064 complicated fabric of our Nation and the injustice and\u2062 inequality that Black people continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-filming-television-segment-on-robberies-in-san-francisco-report\/\" title=\"Reporter Robbed At Gunpoint While Filming Television Segment On Robberies In San Francisco: Report\">experience today<\/a>,&#8221; the president\u2064 said. &#8220;They are places where we can learn\u200c about and reflect on the specific, painful events\u200c that ended \u200cEmmett Till&#8217;s life and the larger history of Black oppression, resistance, and resilience, \u2063which\u2064 ultimately culminated in a movement that bent \u2064our Nation&#8217;s laws toward justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch President Biden&#8217;s impactful remarks in\u2062 full below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden strongly criticized efforts to &#8220;ban books&#8221; during the designation of three sites for the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. 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