Critics are accusing Trump of sending a negative message to black Americans at a time when race relations are at the forefront of the national conversation after George Floyd's death. TULSA POLICE MAJOR UNDER REVIEW AFTER CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ON 'SHOOTING AFRICAN-AMERICANS'“Tulsa was the site of the worst racist violence in American history,” Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., said. “The president’s speech there on Juneteenth is a message to every Black American: more of the same.”Others accused Trump of sending that message intentionally. “99 years ago a white mob massacred hundreds of Black people in the Greenwood District of Tulsa,” Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., tweeted. “As the Party of Lincoln, Republicans are proud of what Juneteenth represents and the Emancipation Proclamation,” Parscale tweeted.
Source: Fox News June 11, 2020 18:00 UTC