{"id":665,"date":"2021-06-20T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/?p=665"},"modified":"2021-06-20T01:02:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T01:02:30","slug":"senate-candidate-nelson-joins-thousands-for-juneteenth-day-celebration-in-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2021\/06\/20\/senate-candidate-nelson-joins-thousands-for-juneteenth-day-celebration-in-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate candidate Nelson joins thousands for Juneteenth Day celebration in Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MILWAUKEE &#8212; Just days after President Joe Biden signed a bipartison bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday, thousands turned out in Milwaukee for the city&#8217;s 50th annual march and celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentate candidate Tom Nelson, who joined the marchers, called on Wisconsinites and the nation to rededicate themselves to eliminating racial disparities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As we celebrate the freedom of people who were wrongly enslaved,&#8221; Nelson said, &#8220;let\u2019s rededicate ourselves to fixing the gross racial disparities that still persist in Wisconsin and nationwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/page.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnelsonforwi%2F&amp;tabs&amp;width=250&amp;height=130&amp;small_header=false&amp;adapt_container_width=true&amp;hide_cover=false&amp;show_facepile=true&amp;appId=1229718807074671\" width=\"250\" height=\"130\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Juneteenth, or June 19, marks the day that federal troops arrived in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/1900-galveston-hurricane\">Galveston<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/texas\">Texas<\/a>&nbsp;in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed following the signing in 1862 of the Emancipation Proclamation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson, from Kaukauna, is the current Outagamie County Executive and former Assembly Democratic Majority Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the first Democrat to announce a run for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Ron Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson walked with the crowd, greeted parade goers and community leaders and even gave a drink of water to a thirsty pet during Saturday morning&#8217;s march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m honored to have participated in the 50th annual Juneteenth parade in Milwaukee today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VvvL7QbrEH\">pic.twitter.com\/VvvL7QbrEH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tom Nelson (@NelsonforWI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NelsonforWI\/status\/1406282333767061507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson, who also attended the parade, received a much more chilly reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He dropped his objection to making &#8216;Juneteenth&#8217; a federal holiday earlier this week, after he blocked the bipartisan legislation a year ago, angering many constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was roundly booed as he attempted to talk to the media in widely shared social media posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson put a hold on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JuneteenthFederalHoliday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JuneteenthFederalHoliday<\/a> legislation. Then Johnson had the nerve to show up on Saturday for a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juneteenth21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Juneteenth21<\/a> celebration in Milwaukee.<br><br>It did not end well.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ps1P2yYA0\">pic.twitter.com\/7ps1P2yYA0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicholsUprising\/status\/1406328432988917762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement shared on social media, Biden said Juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and subjugation \u2013 and the promise of that brighter morning to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a day of profound weight and power. Today and every day, we must work to ensure our nation finally lives up to its promise of equality for all,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee&#8217;s celebration is the longest running Juneteenth event in the Midwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"Senate candidate Democrat Tom Nelson greets Juneteenth parade goers Saturday in Milwaukee.\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Senate candidate Democrat Tom Nelson greets Juneteenth parade goers Saturday in Milwaukee.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The author, Dan Plutchak, is a retired journalist and supporter of Tom Nelson for Senate.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentate candidate Tom Nelson joined Juneteenth marchers in Milwaukee, calling on Wisconsinites and the nation to rededicate themselves to eliminating racial disparities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[84],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate candidate Nelson joins thousands for Juneteenth Day celebration in Milwaukee - Community News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sentate candidate Tom Nelson joined Juneteenth marchers in Milwaukee, calling on people to rededicate themselves to eliminating racial disparities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2021\/06\/20\/senate-candidate-nelson-joins-thousands-for-juneteenth-day-celebration-in-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate candidate Nelson joins thousands for Juneteenth Day celebration in Milwaukee - Community News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sentate candidate Tom Nelson joined Juneteenth marchers in Milwaukee, calling on people to rededicate themselves to eliminating racial disparities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2021\/06\/20\/senate-candidate-nelson-joins-thousands-for-juneteenth-day-celebration-in-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Community News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-20T00:01:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-20T01:02:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1277\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"763\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Plutchak\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Community News Network\",\"description\":\"Dan Plutchak&#039;s news blog of people, places and events\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/2021\/06\/20\/senate-candidate-nelson-joins-thousands-for-juneteenth-day-celebration-in-milwaukee\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/plutchaknews.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nelson-3.jpg\",\"width\":1277,\"height\":763,\"caption\":\"Senate Candidate Dem. 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