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Thread #168020   Message #4058719
Posted By: Helen
11-Jun-20 - 01:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: Black Lives Matter - change on the way?
Subject: RE: BS: Black Lives Matter - change on the way?
If you were unsure of Trump's motivations around racial tensions before, maybe this gives a clearer picture:

Donald Trump says campaign rallies will resume next week despite US coronavirus fears

"The first rally is likely to be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19, despite fears over the spread of COVID-19 which has caused more than 115,000 deaths in the US."

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"The projected rally's June 19 date is potentially racially charged.

"June 19 is known as Juneteenth, a day to commemorate the emancipation of the last slaves at the end of the American Civil War in 1865.

"The city of Tulsa is where black residents and businesses were attacked by whites in 1921 in what is known as the Tulsa Race Massacre.

"Kamau Marshall, a spokesman for the presidential campaign of Mr Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, condemned the choice of venue as "racist" on Twitter."