Posted on Jun 23, 2021
GOP congressman lashes out at Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday: 'Are we going to do one for...
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GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, one of 14 Republicans who voted against the legislation, took to Fox News Radio on Thursday to explain his opposition, saying that the vote "was an easy no vote" and questioned if a holiday would now have to be established for Native Americans as well.
During the program "Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla," Norman also cited the number of existing holidays in detailing his rejection of a federal holiday for Juneteenth, while alleging that supporters were using "race" as an issue.
"There's one Fourth of July. There's one birthday ... Independence Day is Fourth of July. And I had a lot of negativity on it. But this was an easy 'no' vote," he said. "The fact that they would try to make race a part of it, it had nothing to do with race."
He added: "How many holidays do we want? What's the magic number? This would put it to eleven. Do we want twenty? Are we going to do one for the Native American Indians? I mean, where does it stop?"
During the program "Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla," Norman also cited the number of existing holidays in detailing his rejection of a federal holiday for Juneteenth, while alleging that supporters were using "race" as an issue.
"There's one Fourth of July. There's one birthday ... Independence Day is Fourth of July. And I had a lot of negativity on it. But this was an easy 'no' vote," he said. "The fact that they would try to make race a part of it, it had nothing to do with race."
He added: "How many holidays do we want? What's the magic number? This would put it to eleven. Do we want twenty? Are we going to do one for the Native American Indians? I mean, where does it stop?"
GOP congressman lashes out at Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday: 'Are we going to do one for...
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Many states have renamed "Columbus Day" to "Indigenous People Day." So how about just federally rename it to Indigenous People Day?
"There's one Fourth of July..." yeah no crap. Independence Day as in 4th of July; however, didn't mean independence for everyone in the US at the time.
Is there a cap on federal holidays or something? Oh wait no it's just his blatant racism.
"There's one Fourth of July..." yeah no crap. Independence Day as in 4th of July; however, didn't mean independence for everyone in the US at the time.
Is there a cap on federal holidays or something? Oh wait no it's just his blatant racism.
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