The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an afternoon press conference, accusing Trump of working against its mission.
“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.”
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.
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Biden too since the fat, orange monkey just can’t get over losing the 2020 election to him.
Don’t worry, he probably already has an invitation to a KKK or Proud Boys meeting that day.
Exclusion will annoy him more than criticism.
The surprising thing to me, if this is the first time in history, is that this means they invited him every year of his first term.
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.
I still use old.Reddit for a few niche pocket of things as it still has some value to me. But instead of spending hours on it like I used to, I only spend like 20 mins on it and then I just get the fuck off.
“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.
Good. It’s the only logical decision
Winning?
Did they invite him during his first term?
They invited all the presidents. You try to bring in those with the power to change things and convince them that their actions have meaning, even symbolic ones. So, they probably tried his first term. It’s clear now that he doesn’t care and is in no way willing to help. I suspect that the reason they’re not inviting him goes beyond that. They’re making a statement. They’re signalling to those who support their mission.
I looked through a different article and it said this: “Trump will be the first president since Herbert Hoover in 1932 not to speak at the conference at all, skipping it entirely in 2016 as the presidential nominee and again in 2017 and 2018.”
So your man was invited but didn’t come.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/naacp-breaks-with-116-years-of-history-to-snub-trump/
Not my man. I consider him to be about as abhorrent of a person as a person can be. He should be in jail for so many crimes.
I think you and I think of different meanings for “your man”. Never said that Trump wasn’t a gombeen piece of shit.
Well, I’m glad for the misunderstanding! A unique experience for me!
Every day we learn something is a happy day for us
Good call Mr. Johnson. Although, listening to Krasnov’s speech would be entertaining and humiliating at the same time.
