{"id":1993207,"date":"2023-08-07T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-says-juneteenth-is-a-useless-holiday-calls-to-make-election-day-a-holiday\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:40:54","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-says-juneteenth-is-a-useless-holiday-calls-to-make-election-day-a-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-says-juneteenth-is-a-useless-holiday-calls-to-make-election-day-a-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy deems Juneteenth &#8216;useless,&#8217; advocates for Election Day as a holiday."},"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\">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%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-says-juneteenth-is-a-useless-holiday-calls-to-make-election-day-a-holiday%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=1993207&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>Republican Presidential Candidate Criticizes Juneteenth<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-commuting-his-sentence-ca-gov-newsom-reverses-parole-for-convicted-double-murderer\/\" title=\"After Commuting His Sentence, CA Gov. Newsom Reverses Parole For Convicted Double Murderer\">sparked controversy<\/a> with his recent comments about Juneteenth,\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-juneteenth-proved-that-progressives-dont-want-to-celebrate-progress\/\" title=\"OPINION: Juneteenth Proved That \u2018Progressives\u2019 Don\u2019t Want To Celebrate Progress\">holiday commemorating<\/a> the end of slavery in the \u2062United\u2064 States. During \u200ba speech in Iowa, Ramaswamy expressed his \u2063belief that \u200dthe holiday is &#8220;useless&#8221; and \u2064should be canceled.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think that if we made a national commemorative holiday\u200b for everything that&#8217;s \u200cimportant that happened in our history, we&#8217;d have no working days left,&#8221; \u2064Ramaswamy said. &#8220;But I \u2063think \u200dthat the spirit of Juneteenth, \u2062we already \u200bchannel into other holidays, like\u200d Martin Luther King Day, like Presidents Day. I think we can\u200b commemorate the spirit of that holiday separately, so I think that we \u200dshouldn&#8217;t\u200c have redundant \u200bholidays that celebrate \u200doverlapping purposes. It should \u200bhave \u2063a distinct \u2062purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s comments \u2064have drawn criticism from those who view \u200cJuneteenth as an important and\u2062 meaningful holiday. \u200bSupporters argue that it\u200d serves as a reminder \u200cof the progress made in the fight\u2063 for equality and justice.<\/p>\n<p>In response\u200b to Ramaswamy&#8217;s suggestion of canceling Juneteenth, he proposed making Election Day a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-thanksgiving\/\" title=\"Happy Thanksgiving!!\">national holiday<\/a> instead. \u2063This idea has \u200dgained traction \u200bamong some \u200cwho believe\u200d that increasing accessibility\u2063 to voting \u200bis crucial for a thriving democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u2062controversy surrounding Ramaswamy&#8217;s remarks,\u2064 it is important to note that Juneteenth \u2064was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when President \u200dJoe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence \u200dDay Act into law. This act declared June 19th as a day to commemorate the end of slavery \u200din the United\u200d States.<\/p>\n<h3>Juneteenth&#8217;s Growing \u2063Recognition<\/h3>\n<p>Since its establishment \u200cas a\u2064 federal holiday, the recognition of Juneteenth has been steadily increasing. In its first year,\u200b only 9% of private \u200demployers \u200bmade \u200cJuneteenth\u200c a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-number-of-businesses-recognizing-juneteenth-as-paid-holiday\/\" title=\"More businesses now acknowledge Juneteenth as a paid holiday.\">paid company holiday<\/a>. However, that number has grown to 33% last year\u200b and has now reached 39% \u2064this year.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2064 Ramaswamy&#8217;s \u200ccomments have \u200csparked debate, it is clear that Juneteenth holds significant meaning for many Americans. It serves as a reminder of \u200bthe progress\u2063 made in the fight against racial injustice and the ongoing work towards \u2063a more inclusive society.<\/p>\n<p>As we continue \u200bto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-says-juneteenth-is-a-useless-holiday-calls-to-make-election-day-a-holiday\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy deems Juneteenth 'useless,' advocates for Election Day as a holiday.\">navigate discussions surrounding holidays<\/a> and their significance, it is important to\u200d approach these\u200d conversations with empathy and \u200dunderstanding, recognizing the diverse perspectives and experiences that shape our nation&#8217;s\u200d history.<\/p>\n<p>Let us remember \u2064the words of Senator \u2064Tim Scott, \u2064who encouraged\u200c us to focus on the future and progress of our nation, while acknowledging the sins of the past.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Juneteenth, everybody.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Click \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Juneteenth, deeming it &#8220;useless.&#8221; Running for the 2024 election, he expressed his thoughts on Saturday, stating that the US should avoid overlapping holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993208,"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":[],"class_list":["post-1993207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1993207","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=1993207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}