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Originally posted by BMR:
proposing a bill to scrap Columbus Day and make "Juneteenth" a holiday

The Italians are gonna be pissed.

Now the GOP is pandering for votes.

They are afraid...

Really, though, focusing on this, the micro, is to not see the forest for the trees. An excellent high-profile commentator said a while back that this all (the current unrest, intensifying cancel culture, etc.) seemed to happen so suddenly. But only the spark, the GF situation, and the fire were sudden, and something else could have triggered the blaze as well. The kindling, however, and the many-layered sea of morally dead and intellectually dry wood had long been burgeoning.

And the spark only catalyzed the firestorm because we’d reached a point of critical mass.

This is why what we began talking about in the ‘80s, political correctness, has metastasized into “cancel culture.” It’s why two people in two recent days — one a cop, the other an acquaintance — told me what’s plain: They, and everyone else, are afraid to speak their minds, fearing career and reputational destruction. It’s why social media censorship is intensifying by the month. An iron muzzle has descended upon America, and what can’t be spoken against can’t be effectively combated.

As I warned in 2012, there no longer is a culture war. “What is occurring now is a pacification effort.” Its progress is why corporate America, including the now-absorbed Chick-fil-A and NASCAR, has turned decidedly to the dark side (shifted “left”). It’s why prominent people, including Republicans such as Indiana senator Mike Braun, are bowing before terrorist group Black Lives Matter. It’s why mobs are enabled and good people hobbled for defending themselves from the mobs. It’s why we’re seeing a complete cultural collapse — portending a political collapse.

This is partially due to a new “woke” generation having entered the corporate sphere and others of influence. But what did you expect? The apocryphal saying (no, it’s not Lincoln’s) informs, “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Did you really think the Left could completely control academia for generations and that, somehow, it all would “stay in college”?

https://www.americanthinker.co...of_the_republic.html

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Originally posted by BMR:
This total coward trying to be "woke" and appease the Marxists by proposing a bill to scrap Columbus Day and make "Juneteenth" a holiday disgusts me to no end. I sent him an email stating that I voted for him in every election, but I would never vote for him again if he continues with this bill. I would never vote for the Marxist party, aka, the Democrat party - I simply won't vote. I told him that our Founding Fathers recognized the importance of Christopher Columbus, and that if "Juneteenth" becomes a holiday in its place, Independence Day will be relegated to a secondary holiday as the "woke" crowd will demand it. I also stated that if you give these anti-American fucktards anything to try to appease them, they will only demand more. And I stated that he and the GOP are our only hope against the Marxists trying to destroy this nation.


https://www.jsonline.com/story...mbus-day/5358228002/


Please, not just WI voters, but everybody, send him an email with your thoughts.


https://www.ronjohnson.senate....fm/email-the-senator


Forgot to add, fellow Republican James Lankford of Oklahoma is co-sponsoring the bill, so Okies, jump on him, too!

I think Sen. Johnsons point is , Fine, if you want a Juneteenth holiday we have to eliminate one we already have. In other words we don't need another damn day off for schools, government etc. I can see his point.

From the medium amount I know about this issue and Ron Johnson’s stance, he was saying that IF we go ahead with a new Federal Holiday, get rid of an existing one.

I don’t know how Columbus Day came into the mix. He was basically saying we don’t need another paid holiday, sort priorities.

Sen Johnson has been a STRONG advocate for/with President Trump. I think Trump can use allies on his side. That’s my take.

Mid terms are generally never good for the party that won the previous presidential election, especially if they did well in the congressional elections also. Look how many times a party that won the WH and both houses of congress, lost at least one house in the following mid-term.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Maybe by the mid-terms the RINO's will figure it out. And the mid-terms are way more conductive to the republican party (in the senate).

The mid-terms were not good for the Republican party in 2018. Trump lost the majority in the House and the Democrats have used that to do nothing but investigate, impeach and impede the President at every turn.