While the primary in Wisconsin isn’t until August 9th and it remains to be seen who will be the official Democratic nominee to take on U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, U.S. Senate candidate, Alex Lasry (D. WI), has an op-ed in the Milwaukee Courier just in time to remind voters about this:
Americans across the country will be celebrating Juneteenth this year for the second year as an official federal holiday. The establishment of Juneteenth as a national holiday last year was a bright spot and the culmination of a long effort to get this done.
But if it were up to Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, the recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday would have never happened.
Two years ago, Johnson was the only U.S. Senator to object to a bill establishing Juneteenth Day as an official federal holiday. His opposition stopped the bill from moving forward and delayed its passage by another year.
Last year, Johnson dropped his opposition, not because he supports making Juneteenth a federal holiday, but because he said that his opposition would not make any difference in stopping the bill again.
Johnson then showed up to last year’s Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee, apparently expecting to be praised for dropping his opposition, but instead was met with a chorus of boos from the crowd who had not forgotten what he had done. He then complained to the media that people had been unjustly rude to him.
This is exactly who Ron Johnson is.
He single-handedly stops Juneteenth from becoming a national holiday, and then he plays the victim when people tell him they don’t appreciate what he did.
Lasry also points out Johnson’s votes against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown’s nomination, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Johnson even tried to show up and celebrate the first Juneteenth event in Milwaukee last year. It did not go well for Johnson:
Meanwhile, Lasry and other Democratic candidates are out campaigning and celebrating Juneteenth with the voters:
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