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#PenceBlackHistory Trends After VP’s Black History Month Tweet
February is Black History month, and Vice President Mike Pence celebrated by sending out quite the odd tweet. He decided to honor Black History month with a tweet recognizing President Abraham Lincoln--surely one of the most important figures in American history, but not the point of Black History month.
As #BlackHistoryMonth begins, we remember when Pres. Lincoln submitted the 13th Amendment, ending slavery, to the states #NationalFreedomDay
— Vice President Pence (@VP) February 2, 2017
In response to Pence's tone deaf and weird tweet, the hashtag #PenceBlackHistory started trending. Check out some of the best:
“lets celebrate all the white slave owners who reluctantly gave up their slaves after losing the Civil War. It was hard”
— Wokeness Everdeen (@LexieS1723) February 2, 2017
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