With Congress agreeing to the Juneteenth Holiday ….
President Biden gets a fast start on the Law….
image…June 17, 2021: US President Joe Biden along side Vice President Kamala Harris and members of congress signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House on June 17, 2021. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
14 Republican Representatives who voted against Juneteenth on passage. Surprisingly Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not among them, as he voted Aye:
Biggs Republican Arizona NAY
Brooks Republican Alabama NAY
Clyde Republican Georgia NAY
DesJarlais Republican Tennessee NAY
Gosar Republican Arizona NAY
Jackson Republican Texas NAY
LaMalfa Republican California NAY
Massie Republican Kentucky NAY
McClintock Republican California NAY
Norman Republican South Carolina NAY
Rogers (AL) Republican Alabama NAY
Rosendale Republican Montana NAY
Roy Republican Texas NAY
Tiffany Republican Wisconsin NAY
Two other surprising Ayes came from pro-insurrection Reps Laurie Boebert (R-Colo) and Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga).
…. Fourteen House Republicans opposed the bill; Representative Matt Rosendale (R., Mont.) connected the holiday to critical race theory before the vote.
“Let’s call an ace an ace. This is an effort by the Left to create a day out of whole cloth to celebrate identity politics as part of its larger efforts to make Critical Race Theory the reigning ideology of our country,” Rosendale said in a statement ….
National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/
“Let’s call an ace an ace,” since even we are too sensitive and P.C. to call a spade a spade (instead of a bloody shovel”).