{"id":2448153,"date":"2025-06-17T01:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-says-it-wont-give-platform-to-fascism-trump-not-invited-to-convention-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T01:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:09:22","slug":"naacp-says-it-wont-give-platform-to-fascism-trump-not-invited-to-convention-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-says-it-wont-give-platform-to-fascism-trump-not-invited-to-convention-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP says it won\u2019t give \u2018platform to fascism,\u2019 Trump not invited to convention &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fnaacp-says-it-wont-give-platform-to-fascism-trump-not-invited-to-convention-washington-examiner%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=2448153&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>The NAACP has announced that President Donald Trump will not be invited to thier national convention for the first time in over a century. NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized Trump, stating that his actions reflected a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/put-a-ring-on-it-jesse-watters-tells-men-to-get-hitched-because-married-women-vote-republican\/\" title=\"\u2018Put A Ring On It\u2019: Jesse Watters Tells Men To Get Hitched Because Married Women Vote Republican\">fascist playbook<\/a>&#8221; that undermines American democracy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">civil rights<\/a>. Johnson emphasized the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-else-do-you-want-to-loot-sen-cruz-destroys-progressive-leader-over-elon-musk-attacks\/\" title=\"\u2018Who Else Do You Want To Loot?\u2019: Sen. Cruz Destroys Progressive Leader Over Elon Musk Attacks\">long-standing tradition<\/a> of inviting sitting presidents, regardless of political affiliation, but deemed it inappropriate to offer Trump a platform, asserting that he does not respect the Constitution or the rule of law.The NAACP&#8217;s national convention will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, from July 12 to 16.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NAACP says it won&rsquo;t give &lsquo;platform to fascism,&rsquo; Trump not invited to convention<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2149745\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The NAACP announced that President Donald Trump is not invited to its national convention this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made because of the NAACP&rsquo;s opinion on Trump&rsquo;s policies. NAACP President Derrick Johnson accused the nation&rsquo;s president of believing in a &ldquo;fascist playbook&rdquo; and that Trump was attacking the nation&rsquo;s &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; and &ldquo;civil rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3443916\/virginia-democrats-flood-airwaves-anti-trump-ads\/\">Virginia Democrats flood airwaves with anti-Trump ads ahead of Tuesday primary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3443863\/louvre-strike-temporarily-shuts-down\/\">Louvre temporarily shuts down as employees strike over too many tourists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3443767\/judge-orders-nih-grants-restored-dei\/\">Judge orders NIH to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >restore grants agency terminated based<\/a> on DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;For 116 years, the NAACP has invited the sitting president of the United States to address the NAACP National Convention &mdash; regardless of their political party,&rdquo; Johnson <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/articles\/naacp-announces-president-trump-will-not-be-invited-116th-national-convention\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. &ldquo;There is a rich history of both Republicans and Democrats attending our convention &mdash; from Harry Truman to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and beyond. We&rsquo;re nonpartisan and always welcome those who believe in democracy and the Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP is an advocacy rights organization. According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, they are the home for &ldquo;grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice.&rdquo; The NAACP works to obtain the &ldquo;civil rights due to Black America.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In explaining why Trump will be the first president in over a century not to be invited to his organization&rsquo;s convention, Johnson repeated a common left-wing, Democratic criticism, saying that Trump was a threat to democracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But right now, it&rsquo;s clear &mdash; Donald Trump is attacking our democracy and our civil rights. He believes more in the fascist playbook than in the U.S. Constitution,&rdquo; Johnson added. &ldquo;This playbook is radical and un-American.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson didn&rsquo;t specify or explain how Trump was using a &ldquo;fascist playbook&rdquo; or attacking democracy and civil rights. He did, however, go on to criticize Trump&rsquo;s executive orders that he claimed, without any evidence, were unconstitutional, oppressed voters, and pulled back on civil rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8203;&#8203;&rdquo;The president has signed unconstitutional executive orders to oppress voters and undo federal civil rights protections; he has illegally turned the military on our communities, and he continually undermines every pillar of our democracy to make himself more powerful and to personally benefit from the U.S. government,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Again, Johnson provided no examples or elaborations of these accusations in his statement. He proceeded to tout what he believes is his organization&rsquo;s bipartisanship and that the convention is meant to be for all people, &ldquo;regardless of political ideology.&rdquo; Johnson then reversed course on his words, explaining that it would be a &ldquo;waste&rdquo; to invite the president because doing so would be giving &ldquo;a platform to fascism.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To that end, the NAACP has made the decision to break with tradition and not invite Donald Trump or J.D. Vance this year,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;This administration does not respect the Constitution or the rule of law. It would be a waste of our time and energy to give a platform to fascism, which would be unacceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP&rsquo;s national convention is in Charlotte, North Carolina, from July 12 to 16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2149745\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2149745\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAACP won&#8217;t invite Trump to convention, citing his policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2448154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034685531223.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[19752,18344,13195,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2448153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-convention","tag-fascism","tag-naacp","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034685531223.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448153","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448157,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448153\/revisions\/2448157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}