Did they invite him during his first term?
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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The group also noted that Republican President Ronald Reagan accepted its invitation during his first year in office. Civil rights leaders had criticized Reagan’s use during the 1980 campaign of the term “welfare queen” to refer to people abusing federal aid. The term was viewed by many as coded racial language for Black women.
He certainly meant all the white welfare queens! /s
I will now quote Lee Atwater in 1981, apologies for the offensive terminology, but these shitheads speak this way:
You start out in 1954 by saying, “~~N----r, n----r, n----r~~.” By 1968 you can’t say “~~n----r~~”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “~~N----r, n----r~~.”
Gosh, I wonder if they're (repubs) racist…?
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“This has nothing to do with political party,” Johnson said in a statement. “Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights.”
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It had everything to do with political party, as the GOP had made a primary part of their national platform and brand about ignoring racial injustice and the legacy of slavery, in addition to overt, callous racism.
The fact that they invited Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1 & 2, and even Trump the first time around is appalling.
Maybe hoping to convince him, and now they've properly given up on fixing him?
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Man..... i had someone ask subreddit suggestions last night like wtf. Told them about lemmy and all but also pointed out why reddit might still be usefull but the way it is, is unhealthy. I pointed to r/conservative as one of many examples and saw this news sooner. The comments, jfc they just dont care, they think it's funny the NAACP has stooped so low, and the sheer lack of post about the parade was even more telling.
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He hates anyone who isn't white
It's right that he's not invited. He has quite a history of vicious racism
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As it should be. They will lock you up, deport you, tread on your rights unless you're rich or powerful or pose a threat.
Politeness should have gone out the window long ago.