Vernon Jones on Juneteenth: Remember Democrats ‘Wanted Slavery,’ Republicans ‘Died to Free’ Them

[mystery-ak]

Joshua Klein 19 Jun 2022

Ahead of the Juneteenth anniversary of the emancipation of U.S. slaves, former state Rep. Vernon Jones, a conservative Democrat-turned-Republican running for Congress in Georgia, called out Democrats for their historical support of slavery, while recognizing the role of Republicans who sacrificed their lives to end the institution.

In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday marking Juneteenth, Jones called on voters to “go out” to vote and “take back the country” in his congressional runoff this week, before highlighting the role of Democrats and Republicans in the history of slavery in the U.S.

“I had to pause for the cause because right now as we are about to celebrate Juneteenth,” he began in the slightly-over-one minute clip which garnered over thirty thousand views as of Sunday morning.

“I’m reminded that Juneteenth was brought about because of what Democrats did to black people, enslaving black people, when it was Republicans that freed the black people,” he added.

https://twitter.com/VernonForGA/status/1538208480401702913

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[The_Reader_David]

Actually, by the standards the woke have applied to every other institution, the Democrat Party should be disbanded, or at very least made to offer an extensive public apology expressing deep contrition for the role Democrats played in maintaining slavery and in instituting Jim Crow laws, sundown laws and other measures to keep free blacks from realizing the full benefits of citizenship.  In fact, every Democrat candidate for office should be made to express contrition for the role of his or her party in those crimes.

[Kamaji]

Actually, by the standards the woke have applied to every other institution, the Democrat Party should be disbanded, or at very least made to offer an extensive public apology expressing deep contrition for the role Democrats played in maintaining slavery and in instituting Jim Crow laws, sundown laws and other measures to keep free blacks from realizing the full benefits of citizenship.  In fact, every Democrat candidate for office should be made to express contrition for the role of his or her party in those crimes.