Trump is silent about Juneteenth holiday | AP News Later in 2020, Trump sought to woo Black voters with a series of campaign promises, including establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday He lost the election, and that made it possible for Biden, a Democrat, to sign the legislation establishing Juneteenth as the newest federal holiday
Donald Trump Marks Juneteenth By Complaining About Federal . . . Trump’s silence about Juneteenth marks a break from tradition established during his first administration He commemorated the holiday with a presidential message each year of that term “As a Nation, we vow to never forget the millions of African Americans who suffered the evils of slavery,” he wrote in 2018
Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously . . . President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent
Donald Trump complains about non-working holidays on Juneteenth In 2024, Biden and Trump issued statements on Juneteenth, in which Trump shared a message from his campaign's director of Black media, Janiyah Thomas, who said: "'All slaves are free!' This was