*Lord knows that when it comes to reversing something he’s said or done, it’s almost never done by Donald Trump. Well, this is one of those rare times. He’s changing the date of his first re-election rally since March from June 19 to June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because it clashes with the Juneteenth holiday.
“Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date out of respect for this Holiday, and in observance of this important occasion and all that it represents,” Trump tweeted Friday night. “I have therefore decided to move our rally to Saturday, June 20th, in order to honor their requests.”
As president, Juneteenth is something he should have known about. For those (like Trump) who don’t know, it is a day commemorating the end of slavery.
But before he made the announcement to change the date, Trump was the object of a lot of criticism from the black community as well as the man he’s running against for president in November, former Vice President Joe Biden.
“What in God’s name is this guy doing? And now did you hear what he just did? He’s having a rally on Juneteenth in…Arizona,” Biden said at teletown hall on Friday afternoon hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. “And guess what, all the people coming to his rally have to sign a — they have to sign a piece of paper saying, if they get COVID in this, they will not sue the campaign. I mean c’mon man, what the hell is going on?
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Not only was the date of Trump’s rally a subject of criticism, but the location as well. Biden and his campaign have made note that it’s being held on the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. For those like Trump who don’t know, during the Tulsa Race Massacre, historians believe as many 300 people were killed as white mobs destroyed and burned homes, businesses, churches, schools, hospitals and libraries in the predominantly black Greenwood District of Tulsa, which was an affluent neighborhood called “The Black Wall Street.”
“How racist is Donald Trump: He’s so racist that he plans on having one of his first campaign rallies on June 19th in Tulsa, OK. If you don’t know — Do some research on #Juneteenth and the racial violence that took place in Oklahoma known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921,” Kamau Marshall, Biden’s Director of Strategic Communications tweeted.
Friday, when speaking with FOX News’ Harris Faulkner, Trump weakly tried to defend his Tulsa rally as a “celebration.”
“Think about it as a celebration. My rally is a celebration,” he said, going on to brag about his crowd sizes. “In the history of politics, I think I can say there has never been any group or any person that’s had rallies like I do. I go and I just say give me the biggest stadium and we fill it up every time. We have never had a vacant stadium.”
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