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Trump pledges to make Juneteenth federal holiday in bid to woo Black voters

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By Steve Holland and Lisa Lambert

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@Blacklabel,

So Trump is a good President because of this? That's so funny.

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Great idea! Just wish I could believe a single word he, any in his admin, or any of his rapid response team members plus other Trump supporters say. I know I don't trust what they say, but wouldn't Trump supporters claim 'he's playing the race card' and/or 'he's politicizing race'. Until they flip-flop along with their Trump.

Well, Trump is pandering to the black vote, Democrats do it as well, the difference is, Trump is offering them job opportunities and Dems are offering them other peoples money. And every little thing helps. It’s a great move and an even greater incentive to bring in some of the black vote.

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"Trump is making more empty promises," said Biden campaign spokesman Kamau Marshall.

Nothing compares with the Democrats' empty promises and policies for the last 60 years that still keeps them in a condition of disadvantage, underprivilege and dependent on welfare.

He (Trump) promised to increase access to capital in Black communities, create more jobs, support Black-owned businesses and expand opportunity zones....., including establishing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, as a federal holiday.

And this is all bad??!! Well, coming from Trump it must be bad in the Democrats' eyes. The Democrats automatically oppose anything and everything Trump proposes.

It will be amusing to see the Democrats oppose something that can improve the community and lives of Blacks without appearing hypocritical. They must be gnashing their teeth in frustration trying to figure out how to oppose it.

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I'm pretty sure Biden could make it a holiday too.

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"will always put Americans first and that includes very, very importantly, Black Americans."

"doesn't know Black Americans like I do."

I don't know how Trump can say these things with a straight face. He knows he's lying and everyone knows he's lying!!

Now he's offering promises that we know he won't keep!!

Trump’s False Claim That ‘Nobody Has Ever Done’ More for the Black Community Than He Has

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/politics/trump-black-african-americans-fact-check.html

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Typical narcissistic, abusive relationship, action.

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what a pathetic little boy.

You don’t think Black Americans remember you calling for the death penalty for the central park 5, even after they were proven innocent?

You think they’ve forgotten your “very good people on both sides”?

Think they’ve forgotten about your Breonna Taylor or BLM ramblings?

No Don, I’m not black and even i see you for what you are: a racist. You do not see Black Americans (or any racial or ethnic mink for that matter) as your equal.

You’re a racist. You’re a xenophobe. And you’re a narcissistic sociopath to boot.

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Still no comments about the actual proposals. Typical.

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Below are my comments on how much Trump cares about black people...

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Oh, Donald. Always getting patriot mixed up with patronize.

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Yeah I'm sure promises in the 9th inning of the game will get blacks to forget all the nods and winks to white supremacists over the last 4 years.

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Nope he is promising to implement needed initiatives. These are needed, aren’t they? Orangemanbad yep, but the initiatives are good, no?

just telling us some of the things he will do in the second term. Just as he kept many of the promises of the first term.

joe Biden wishes he had announced this one but he doesn’t care about a holiday for Black people and won’t designated his Antifa and KKK friends as terrorists.

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Great idea! Just wish I could believe a single word he, any in his admin, or any of his rapid response team members plus other Trump supporters say. I know I don't trust what they say, but wouldn't Trump supporters claim 'he's playing the race card' and/or 'he's politicizing race'. Until they flip-flop along with their Trump.

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when he will quit lying?

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Uh huh.

please continue to instinctively take the anti Trump positions.

Can’t wait for liberals to tell me why Juneteenth should NOT be a holiday and also why the KKK and Antifa are NOT domestic terrorists.

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promises made promises kept.

also pledged to designate two groups as terrorist organizations: the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan and the amorphous movement known as antifa 

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All of this and Trump being president is a bad dream, right?

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