people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i
and to place slavery and its trajectory at the highest leve of study in the federa government let me be very clear, we shoul be studying about api, latinos we should be starting abou southeast asians, africa americans, anglo s, america is a mosaic in no one should be ignored. but certainly, slavery has bee something that has been longed to be talked about i believe juneteenth, commemoration of freedom, an our commemoration today, we li candles, we prayed, and we thanked and recognized those who had lived, who were born and died and never saw freedom i think that is a legitimate powerful reason to hav juneteenth, as well as thi inspirational rally on freedom and democracy. and that the work is not finished, it is stil continuing and we will go on and on and o
but the real point of it is, i want everyone to know, this is america s holiday. and america s holiday is not just for black people. it is about freedom, and it is about democracy. and the very fact that we have a holiday should be in fact the basis upon which we ignore the banning of books about our history, ignore orders of eliminating diversity, culture, and equity this is an opening for america to talk about its history, to reflect upon what transpired, and also to reflect upon a commission that will study slavery and talk about repair. this day, i m now at a place that one would not expect, a synagogue where we r people working in the fields but again, a beautiful risin community today. i want this to be the holida
a beach house, a treehouse, honestly i don t care find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah. today, we re celebrating juneteenth i mean, i m still working but i m celebrating juneteenth it was on this das in the year 1865 when union army major general gordon granger wrote in a galvinston texas and issued general order number three delivering the news to the last enslaved americans that they were truly free. of course, that news arrived two years five months, and 18 days after president lincoln s emancipation proclamation. the holiday has been celebrated by black americans for decades now but was only officially made a federal holiday two years ago. first, since martin luther king day. it is a celebration of freedom, but also this year a stark reminder about the hostility