In an unprecedented cave to widespread criticism, Trump will no longer mark Juneteenth with a celebration of himself
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In an unprecedented cave to widespread criticism and the ongoing nationwide unrest over the killing of George Floyd, President Trump announced that he was delaying the political rally his reelection campaign had scheduled next Friday on Juneteenth — the holiday which commemorates the end of American slavery — in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the horrifying 1921 Tulsa race massacre during which a mob of white Tulsans attacked, trapped, and firebombed their black neighbors in the city’s Greenwood...
Trump campaign officials, eager to return the president to the trail and resurrect the big rallies with supporters that he craves, announced the event on Wednesday and immediately set off a wave of backlash over the timing and location, particularly since Oklahoma is a state President Trump is expected to easily win in November, as he did in 2016.
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