NAACP Tells Trump to Stay Away From Mississippi Museum Opening

[Swordsmyth]

The NAACP said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump should cancel his plans to attend the opening of a Mississippi civil rights museum, saying his appearance at the ceremony would be divisive.
“President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an affront to the veterans of the civil rights movement,” Derrick Johnson, the NAACP’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “He has created a commission to reinforce voter suppression, refused to denounce white supremacists, and overall, has created a racially hostile climate in this nation.”
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Tuesday the president’s planned travel to the opening of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. Since reports surfaced Monday that Trump was planning the trip, civil rights leaders in Mississippi have asked the president to stay away or have threatened protests.

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[fedupinmo]

They don't sound very inclusive... where's the diversity they always crow about?

[euphemia]

So many opportunites to educate and inform all lost because they can't get past the hate.

[Origanalist]

God I hope he goes. Please, please, please.

[oyarde]

I could see it may be " divisive " if Trump was elected as a democrat , the anti civil rights party , party of the KKK , racist party etc . Also , how many tax dollars is the mississippi Museum using ? Any Federal dollars ?

[enhanced_deficit]

Won't be surprised if NAACP saw Trump team having something to do with the longest serving African-American Congressmember being forced to resign this week.

[Keith and stuff]

So sad how the so called civil rights leader is against the leadrr of the Republican Party. This is the Party that ended slavery, helped create the civil rights movement, abolished Jim Crow laws, and brought about the Civil Rights Act.

[r3volution 3.0]

I'm sure this will cause much masturbation on both sides.

....how bout them spending cuts...

[Schifference]

Trump needs to take his orders from diverse groups. If hate and violence occurs it will be Trumps fault for going. Rand needs to clean up his yard and trim some trees.

[specsaregood]

I'm sure this will cause much masturbation on both sides.

....how bout them spending cuts...

If you want spending cuts you'll have to talk to our lenders. As long as the world is happy to give us a credit card, the leeches will use it.

[phill4paul]

I've seen progressive social memes showing pictures of church bill boards endorsing Moore. The progressive memes say it's time to strip their tax exempt status. How would the NAACP excoriations of the sitting POTUS be any different?