It’s Juneteenth. You MUST Celebrate.
Happy Juneteenth to those who celebrate, which is everyone on Wall Street, apparently. Markets were closed today, but we wanted to give you a Breitbart Business Digest anyway.
Juneteenth, which is also known as “Emancipation Day,” commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers informed black Americans in Galveston, Texas, that they had been freed. Of course, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed nearly two-and-a-half years before, which adds some awkwardness to the occasion; perhaps that’s why the holiday wasn’t officially adopted until recently.
After 50 years in public life and with a checkered history when it comes to race relations, Joe Biden suddenly declared we “must” observe the holiday as of last year. He is, if nothing else, a political animal.
President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, lawmakers, and guests, signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill on June 17, 2021, in White House. (Official White House Photo by Carlos Fyfe via Flickr)
So, here we are. Government employees get the day off while many of us in the private sector go to work and earn tax revenue to fund their free time.
Terrific.
What’s more, to have yet another holiday fall smack-dab in the middle of Pride month is almost too exciting to bear.
In all seriousness, while some on the left are clearly trying to use Juneteenth to supplant or undercut Independence Day, I think overall Juneteenth is a nice opportunity to remind Americans that the Republicans freed the slaves from racist Democrats. So, enjoy!
(Make sure to read my colleague Joel Pollak’s take on the day here.)
Bidenflation, Political Buzzsaw
One thing Biden World will not be celebrating today is the June Cygnal survey that found that “inflation and the economy” is the priority of American voters at this point in the election cycle. A plurality of 27.9 percent of respondents to the survey listed financial concerns as their top priority; all other possible responses to the survey trailed by considerable margins.
Making matters even worse for Joe Biden, the second-most important issue, according to the respondents, is illegal immigration, which was tops among 19.7 percent of those surveyed.
It gets even worse still for Joe and the Dems: abortion finished last in the survey (4.1 percent), just behind gun control (5.8 percent) and climate change (5.9 percent), all tent-poll platform issues for Democrat candidates.
So, while national polls paint the picture of a tight presidential race heading into the first debate next week, Joe Biden’s slate of issues are unambiguously unpopular with normal Americans.
Thus, the economy and Bidenflation could prove to be the deciding factor in this election. Will people who dislike both candidates vote against their own (perceived) financial interests? We won’t know until November, but it’s Biden and the Democrats who will have to sweat it out until then.