Another lawmaker joins in the chorus of those vehemently opposed to Trump’s Saturday visit to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opening.
Trump’s visit to the museum already began facing backlash in the days leading up to the event, most notably with civil rights movement leader Rep. John Lewis skipping it due to finding the President’s attendance as an “insult.”
Hours before the event, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) went on MSNBC to voice the hypocrisy behind Trump’s visit, citing how the President “has been antithetical to the movements that are in place currently to help African Americans.”
“He’s opposed to Black Lives Matter,” Green said. “He’s opposed to the efforts by the football players to take on police brutality.”
Green also expressed Trump’s attendance as a vanity move.
“He’s just going for the wrong reasons,” Green said. “He can have his photo op, but he won’t have the opportunity to have the credibility of persons who have rich histories in civil rights associated with him to add any degree of legitimacy to his effort.”
Rep. Green on Pres. Trump's speech at the opening of Mississippi's Civil Rights museum: "He's just there for a photo op." pic.twitter.com/T6udJ0K1er
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This isn’t the first time Green unleashed his fierce opposition to the President. He most recently made headlines with the House overwhelmingly voting to kill his Trump impeachment effort.
Why are they opening this museum the Saturday before the Alabama election?
So needing to take a wizz isn’t good enough?
And he was so excited to see black people at his Pensacola event too! He loves them “Blacks for tRump” plants.
Undoubtedly. In part, I venture to guess, to elicit the disgusting displays of flattery that he seems to require of hosts, and/or attendees at meetings (think of the beginning of his cabinet meetings, or any video of the beginning of meetings when he meets with congressional leaders). All the better if some of those forced to do the sycophantish act are people of color. Win win. He gets to pretend that he gives a flying f— about civil rights, while getting photo ops of in Omarosa’s words people of color “Bowing down to him” figuratively.
Gross.
Good on John Lews for staying away, and good on Al Green for calling it as it is.
see my other note for my cynical response.
But per that election - see this item from the Birmingham News - about the energizing events for GOTV with the African American and other urban voters - and for a real treat go read the comments. Yes there are some vile responses, but there are many more that are encouraging. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/doug_jones_campaign_getting_la.html#incart_m-rpt-2
There is a way for Trump to honorably make this visit: without referring to notes or a using a teleprompter, make a humble apology for discriminating against black tenants, calling for the death penality in the central park five case, accusing Barack Obama of being born in Kenya and demanding that he produce his college transcripts, saying that there were fine people among the neo-nazis marching in Charlottesville, calling for the silencing of black football players protesting police brutality, and retweeting inflammatory anti-muslim videos. This doesn’t cover every racist act he’s committed, but it would be a start.