14 Republicans Vote Against Juneteenth
Conservative Republicans and rightwing media have been using race and the culture war to radicalize the conservative base ahead of the midterm elections.
These are the 14 Republican Members of the House who voted against the Juneteenth Holiday: Alabama Reps. Mo Brooks and Mike Rogers, Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, California Reps. Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa, Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale, South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Texas Reps. Ronny Jackson and Chip Roy, and Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany.
By Alyssa Lukpat
When the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, a day after the Senate rushed the measure through unanimously, 14 House members, all Republicans, voted against the proposal.
Juneteenth celebrates the events of June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and that they were free.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, participated in a bill enrollment ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times