Biden defends Juneteenth in Galveston, Slams tries to “erase history”

Former president Joe Biden Criticized the criticism of Juneteenth when he spoke Thursday in a religious service a soul to Galveston Island, Texas – the city where, on June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger published the last federal orders applying emancipation both before the phone.

Biden criticized The idea that Juneteenth is not worthy of federal vacation status. He also remembers the visit of the black community in the northeast of Wilmington, often growing up in Claymont – suggesting that he had visited the Mal Mal served district after attending a Catholic mass early in the morning in Greenville, del.

He also seemed to stop before slamming President Donald Trump by name – mentioning “this guy” – then stopping to make the sign of the cross to the applause of the faithful.

“I used to chair the sub-comity of African affairs,” said Biden. “I went to the origin of the place where slavery started (in Africa). And to listen to them to talk about it now, how things change. We have to remember, our country is based on the promise of freedom; freedom for everyone,” he said.

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Former President Joe Biden makes a sign of the cross to avoid criticizing Donald Trump. (Pool supply screenshot)

“So events Juneteenth are of monumental importance for American history, “he said, calling slavery” the original sin of America “.

Among the criticism of the holidays, he said: “They don’t want to remember – but we all remember the moral spot …”

“Well, I took the point of view as president, we must be honest about our history, especially if there has been time to erase our story. Not only here, but, this guy …” he added, dragging and signing himself.

“Too many people try to erase Our historyEspecially in the face of continuous efforts to erase the story of our textbooks and our classrooms. “”

He then implicitly criticized Trump for bringing the military bases of the South to their old names. However, defense secretary Pete Hegseth Recently noted in the testimony of the congress that the termination of basic renommes does not make them to the homonyms of the Confederate Generals but to other American military heroes with the same family name.

“(D) Arkness can hide a lot but cannot erase anything,” said Biden. “Writing tells us that faith without work is dead.”

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Biden then suggested that black Americans and other minorities are still faced with roadblocks towards the ballot box six decades after the civil rights law.

“Stop those who try to make it more difficult to vote and help people register to vote. Contact our families, friends, neighbors, let’s remember how critical is,” said Biden.

For his part, Trump said Thursday that the additional federal holidays promulgated by Biden are costing billions of dollars to the United States to keep all these closed companies. “

“Soon, we will end up spending a vacation for each working day of the year.”

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Some other leaders, such as the Governor of Virginia-Western, Patrick Morrisey, have published proclamations Juneteenth but kept the state offices open to the most recent federal holidays in the country.

Fox News Digital contacted the White House to comment.