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Trump to follow John Lewis insults w/ MLK Day photo op @ National African American Museum (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2017 OP
What a desecration. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #1
My gawd. He just tweeted again. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #2
He's right about that last line. Must not be him. nolabear Jan 2017 #3
Ha! It is odd. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #8
Coming from him I'm sure it was purely sarcastic but he still hit on the truth... Raine Jan 2017 #10
Is this the museum that refused him a photo op before? I wonder what is gonna happen. mucifer Jan 2017 #4
It was The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro Miles Archer Jan 2017 #9
wait... djsunyc Jan 2017 #5
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #7
Racist piece of shit uponit7771 Jan 2017 #6
But according to the Smithsonian BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #11

Raine

(30,540 posts)
10. Coming from him I'm sure it was purely sarcastic but he still hit on the truth...
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 08:49 PM
Jan 2017

he definitely needs help of all kinds, he's mentally ill in particular.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
9. It was The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 08:45 PM
Jan 2017
A North Carolina civil rights museum that recently rejected a request to visit from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has since come under the threat of violence and destruction.

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro said it was forced to turn away the Republican presidential nominee late last month after his campaign staff was “aggressive and rude” to museum personnel.

According to museum CEO John Swaine, Trump’s team was not interested in a tour of the facility that includes the landmark site of the F.W. Woolworth whites-only lunch counter, where a historic civil rights protest took place. Museum staff indicated that Trump was interested only in a photo op while he was in the state campaigning and demanded that the institution be closed for a substantial part of the day.

“We did not honor the request of the Donald Trump campaign because we thought [what its members] demonstrated in their approach was disrespectful, so therefore we did not grant” it,” museum co-founder Earl Jones explained at the time.

Said Jones: “Mr. Trump is welcome to come to the museum, just as everyone else, but he’s not going to receive any special treatment.”

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/05/civil-rights-museum-that-denied-donald-trump-a-photo-op-now-receiving-bomb-threats/

djsunyc

(169 posts)
5. wait...
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 08:36 PM
Jan 2017

monday is MLK day?

GET ME TO SOMEPLACE BLACK IMMEDIATELY...IT'S THE ONE DAY I GET TO DO IT ALL YEAR!!!

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