Swordsmyth
12-05-2017, 08:56 PM
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.
More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/naacp-tells-trump-stay-away-224051618.html
“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.
More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/naacp-tells-trump-stay-away-224051618.html