Which Republicans voted against Juneteenth?
PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed off a bill that will officially mark Juneteenth, or June 19, as a federal holiday.
However, despite the president signing the bill into law and creating a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, more than a dozen House Republicans voted against it.
The House of Representatives then also passed the legislation the following day, establishing June 19 as a legal public holiday.
On Thursday, June 17, the date .
On June 19, 1865, Maj Gen. Gordan Granger of the Union Army informed the remaining enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation issued more than two years earlier.
What did Candace Owens say about Juneteenth?
Conservative tweeted her thoughts on the new Juneteenth federal holiday.
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"Juneteenth is soooo lame. Democrats really need to stop trying to repackage segregation," Owens said.
"I’ll be celebrating July 4th and July 4th only. I’m American."