The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an afternoon press conference, accusing Trump of working against its mission.

“This has nothing to do with political party,” Johnson said in a statement. “Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to eliminate civil rights.”

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    As it should be. They will lock you up, deport you, trod on your rights unless you’re rich or powerful or pose a threat.

    Politeness should have gone out the window long ago.

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      Not from the USA so don’t know much about the inner political situation, but from the outside point of view it was Obama who started the tradition to kiss Putin’s ass.

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    Man… i had someone ask subreddit suggestions last night like wtf. Told them about lemmy and all but also pointed out why reddit might still be usefull but the way it is, is unhealthy. I pointed to r/conservative as one of many examples and saw this news sooner. The comments, jfc they just dont care, they think it’s funny the NAACP has stooped so low, and the sheer lack of post about the parade was even more telling.