Last year, President Joe Biden signed legislation officially declaring Juneteenth, long celebrated in the African American community, to be a national holiday.
Yesterday was the observed public holiday for Juneteenth, so there was no shortage of tweets commemorating the occasion when slaves in Texas were told by Union Army General Gordon Granger that they were free. There was also no shortage of hot takes from self-righteous liberals who decided to turn Juneteenth into an opportunity to own the cons.
One of those self-righteous liberals was lawyer — and CNN and MSNBC commentator — Tristan Snell, who saw a chance to hit Critical Race Theory education opponents and seized it:
Juneteenth is a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the same states that are now banning any teaching that slavery ever happened.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) June 20, 2022
Wow, Tristan. Great read on the situation. Or it would be great, if it weren’t so stupid and insanely dishonest.
Where has this happened? https://t.co/YsTXATD6cJ
— RedWingToo (@too_wing) June 21, 2022
Nowhere.
Literally zero states are banning the teaching that slavery ever happened. Zero. None. https://t.co/SyGBxf5jzr
— Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) June 21, 2022
Not one state has banned teaching about slavery.
Please provide proof of you outrageous statement or maybe just stop lying. https://t.co/0DPI0EGZ2z
— Jswarens (@jeff_swarens) June 21, 2022
He can’t stop lying.
This is a lie. https://t.co/CeJcOZjhEZ
— Chad Felix Greene 🏳️🌈 (@chadfelixg) June 21, 2022
This is a straight-up lie. But you know that. https://t.co/xGam9q8WIU
— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) June 21, 2022
A straight-up, bald-faced lie.
And we’d expect nothing but from a CNN and MSNBC commentator. Critical Race Theory has nothing to do with history and everything to do with breeding racism in future generations.
Another awful take. People like this are actually furthering divide by misrepresenting the argument against things like CRT, which is absolutely NOT the teaching of history. https://t.co/LhBkOwcm9g
— Trumpasaurus (@Rent_is_due_) June 21, 2022
If Tristan Snell wants to talk about comprehensive education about the evils of slavery in America being banned, he should start here:
The only thing that has been effectively banned from from teaching about slavery in schools is that the Democrat Party was largely responsible for it.
— Fuzzy Chimp 🇺🇸 (@fuzzychimpcom) June 21, 2022
Oh, snap.
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