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TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 12:29 PM Jun 2021

Trump tool Tiffany displays his idiocy with Juneteenth vote

I highly doubt that freshman Wisconsin congressman Tom Tiffany has a clue about Black Americans and their history with American independence.

If he did, he wouldn't make ignorant statements like he did last week in explaining why he was the only Wisconsin member of Congress to vote against making Juneteenth a federal holiday.

"Once again, House Democrats have used their majority to balkanize our country and fuel separatism by creating a race-based 'Independence Day,'" Tiffany, of Minocqua, proclaimed. "There is only one Independence Day in America, just as there is only one National Anthem, one American flag and one America — under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

That led columnist Reggie Jackson of the Milwaukee Independent to suggest that perhaps Tiffany could spend some time reading American history.

Read more: https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/dave_zweifel/plain-talk-trump-tool-tiffany-displays-his-idiocy-with-juneteenth-vote/article_22f54493-5d91-50c7-ae18-d73587e7dbe2.html

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Trump tool Tiffany displays his idiocy with Juneteenth vote (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2021 OP
Did he also rail against having both Memorial Day and veterans' day? unblock Jun 2021 #1
Cinco de Mayo? Syttende Mai? AllyCat Jun 2021 #2
And, Tommie T is one of the smarter ones in WI StClone Jun 2021 #3
His vacuous cranium will implode when we replace "The Star-Spangled Banner". OilemFirchen Jun 2021 #4
Golly, it appears that Tommy needs to study US history ladym55 Jun 2021 #5

unblock

(54,151 posts)
1. Did he also rail against having both Memorial Day and veterans' day?
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 12:39 PM
Jun 2021

I mean two holidays to honor our troops is at Lear as redundant as he seems to think Juneteenth is with July 4th.

Never mind imagining how slaves must have felt about "Independence Day" after England ended slavery in 1837, 28 years before it ended here....

StClone

(11,869 posts)
3. And, Tommie T is one of the smarter ones in WI
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 03:41 PM
Jun 2021

WI Repiggies can run an empty plastic bag, a dead goat, a puff of diesel exhaust, a rock, a Timber Rattlesnake, a chunk of coprolite, a toadstool, and Tiffany. Due to fear, ignorance, Gerrymandering, and self-loathing, all but one would win. Cheese is hard on the brain.

OilemFirchen

(7,161 posts)
4. His vacuous cranium will implode when we replace "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 04:20 PM
Jun 2021

Which can't happen soon enough.

BTW, “The Star-Spangled Banner” has only been the national anthem since 1931. There were four unofficial anthems prior to that.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
5. Golly, it appears that Tommy needs to study US history
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 04:37 PM
Jun 2021

Oh, wait ... his party will make sure that US history isn't taught.

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