1/4 The Trump regime has a history of releasing reports & new policies on days timed to insult its enemies, from striking down a Michelle Obama accomplishment on her birthday to their latest, a smear against the black civil rights movement on MLK day.
https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1351284612476137474?s=20
2/4 The 1776 Commission was a blatantly racist Trump White House response to the award-winning NYT 1619 Project, which took a hard look at the depths to which racism and slavery has been entangled with American history. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
3/4 Trump formed the commission in September in direct response to the #BlackLivesMatter protests after the murder of George Floyd.
He claimed the REAL problem was too much focus on education about slavery and system racism, which he called "child abuse." forbes.com/sites/jackbrew…
He claimed the REAL problem was too much focus on education about slavery and system racism, which he called "child abuse." forbes.com/sites/jackbrew…
4/4 The release of the final 1776 Commission report, which defends past slave ownership and attacks the Civil Rights Movement, on MLK day is a purposeful slap in the face to all African-Americans, indeed all Americans who believe in justice and equality period. 
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