President Trump hit with strong backlash over his decision to hold a campaign rally next week on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery, in Tulsa, the site of a horrific race massacre against black people in 1921.
. The day, also known as Emancipation Day or Black Independence Day, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Thursday, Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked by NBC News' Kristen Welker what Juneteenth means to the president and whether it's appropriate to hold a rally on that date. Joe Biden’s director for strategic communications, Kamau Marshall, tweeted:"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."
Rick Wilson tweeted about the rally:"This. Cannot. Be. Real." Rick Tyler, a former aide to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and an MSNBC political analyst, tweeted,"You can’t make this stuff up." CNN's S.E. Cupp said:"Two safe assumptions here: 1. Trump likely has no clue what the significance of Juneteenth and Tulsa are. 2. But Stephen Miller does."
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