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Should Juneteenth be declared a federal holiday?

On June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. The law made June 19th a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.  Juneteenth's commemoration is on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865, announcement of Union Army General Gordon Granger proclaiming and enforcing freedom of enslaved people in Texas, which was the last state of the Confederacy with institutional slavery. The House version of the bill was sponsored by Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, and was co-sponsored by 166 members, two of whom are Republicans. It passed 415 to 14, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. It passed the Senate via unanimous consent.

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Yes
35%
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63%
Yes
28%
No
2%
Yes, and we should provide reparations to Black Americans as well
3%
No, and end heritage months and designate one month to celebrate all cultures and ethnicities instead
3%
No, make Emancipation Day a national holiday instead

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 @8Y5LM93 from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

No, it is just pandering to African-Americans and creating a victim mentality.

 @8V59M64 from Texas  answered…5yrs5Y

No, and end heritage months and designate one month to celebrate all cultures and ethnicities instead put all black people in internment camps

 @8WW82H6 from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, Juneteenth and Emancipation Day should be declared a federal holiday.

 @923VKFZ from Ohio  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, and we should provide reparations to descendants of slaves in the United States.

 @92H9QMZ from Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, with reparations and each individual type of reparation offered should be put on the ballad to see if the population agrees. Native Americans should also go through the same thing.

 @8VZF7BX from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

No; how about just declaring the last Thursday & Friday of every month a federal holiday and let people decide for themselves what’s with celebrating.

 @8VWTM56 from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

as long as i get a day off

 @8VWB5LL from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

i don’t care

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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