The Oklahoma city is where the Tulsa Race Massacre happened in 1921, and June 19 is Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery
The date chosen by the president for the appearance, June 19 — also known as Juneteenth — is the anniversary of the end of slavery, dating back to 1865. It's aWrote Trump's former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, "Trump’s decision to hold a rally in Tulsa, the location of the single worst incident of racial violence in American history, on Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the freeing of slaves, is abhorrent and a wink at his racist supporters.
Echoed political strategist Atima Omara, "This is not an accident. Trump is holding his first rally of the campaign on Juneteenth in Tulsa almost a 100 years after the massacre of its black citizens. Forget dog whistle, this is an air raid siren."
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