philly rabbit
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No, they celebrated a national heroes anniversary.
Without any black conservatives in attendance.
No, they celebrated a national heroes anniversary.
it's my contention that it is a possibility that many were not invited and the ones that were invited were those that the inviters knew couldn't make it. This might have been done to score political points.
The Senate’s only black lawmaker wasn’t invited to speak at Wednesday’s 50th anniversary March on Washington, because Tim Scott’s office declined an invitation to attend the ceremony as a spectator, according to a source connected to the event.
“Much of the speaking program was created based on those who were able to confirm availability to attend the event, and thus were able to speak at the event,” the source explained.
And based on an email exchange obtained by CQ Roll Call, the South Carolina Republican did receive an invitation to attend the festivities commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s delivery of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
The invitation, sent Aug. 8 from the Coalition for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, appears to have been a form letter to all members of Congress, with invitees listed as “Representative” rather than by name.
Within a day, Rachel Shelbourne, a staff assistant to Scott, had replied to the email with the following message:
“Thank you for extending to Senator Tim Scott the invitation to the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28th. Unfortunately, the Senator will be in South Carolina during this time, so he will be unable to attend the event. Please do, however, keep him in mind for future events you may be hosting.”
ghwb and gwb i can understand, but the rest of the gop, surely they must of known that this date and its attendant celebration was coming. i think that you are correct they either did not care or were more worried about their base/constituents
Without any black conservatives in attendance.
Maybe they didn't go because they knew no black conservatives were invited.
Fuck black conservatives.
They can show up for the DW Griffith celebration.
It seems as if they felt it was a good idea for them not to be there. My guess is they believe their rabid base wouldn't like it.
What is funny is that their minions love to come on line and claim that MLK Jr WAS a Republican, and yet you can't get a freaking Republican to attend an important anniversary event for him.
Hey bag, tell me why this guy wasn't invited?
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only black Republican senator, was not invited to attend,
This will go a long way in explaining why the republicans were no shows.
Go ahead and tell me why LOL.
Let me repeat this one more time to see if I can find someone who can answer ..
Why should anyone have gone out of their way to invite republicans .. who are opposed to everything black.
It seems as if they felt it was a good idea for them not to be there. My guess is they believe their rabid base wouldn't like it.
What is funny is that their minions love to come on line and claim that MLK Jr WAS a Republican, and yet you can't get a freaking Republican to attend an important anniversary event for him.
Or maybe they didn't like this guy not being invited.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only black Republican senator, was not invited to attend,
Why wasn't he invited?
Uh, he was invited. He declined.
If I were Speaker of the House and was not invited I would have showed up and insisted on being involved. If they prevented me from being involved Id have thrown a fit, if for no other reason than to show my constituents that I support the spirit of the event and want to recognize its historical significance!
He was a last second token invite and he couldn't possibly attend.
The republicans bailed out of this thing long before his token last second invite.