{"id":121095,"date":"2024-11-02T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121095"},"modified":"2024-11-02T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:32:48","slug":"halloween-parade-float-denounced-as-racist-for-harris-depiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121095","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Parade Float Denounced as Racist for Harris Depiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Pittsburgh branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and the speaker of the Pennsylvania House have denounced a local Halloween parade float that featured a woman apparently dressed as Vice President Kamala Harris who was tethered to a small vehicle that was ferrying a person dressed as former President Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The display was part of the annual Halloween parade in Mount Pleasant, Pa., a small town about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It featured a vehicle festooned with a Trump sign that had what looked like a large rifle mounted on the roof, video on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/westmoreland\/shocking-display-of-hate-mt-pleasant-halloween-parade-entry-depicts-vp-harris-tied-to-golf-cart\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TribLive.com<\/a> showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The woman dressed as Ms. Harris wore a suit and was walking behind the vehicle, tied to it by what looked like a leash connected to her wrists. A woman with a child in her lap was driving the vehicle, past families who were watching from the sidewalk. Men in sunglasses, resembling Secret Service agents, walked alongside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Diane Bailey, the mayor of Mount Pleasant, said she was shocked and then angry when she saw the display in the parade on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt was a hateful and racist thing, and I just can\u2019t tell you how worked up I get when I talk about it,\u201d she said in an interview. She said it was not clear who put the float together. Participants were not registered or vetted beforehand, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be any place in this country, and I shouldn\u2019t have to see it in my little town,\u201d said Ms. Bailey, a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Daylon A. Davis, the president of the Pittsburgh branch of the N.A.A.C.P., said he was deeply disturbed by the way Ms. Harris was depicted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis appalling portrayal goes beyond the realm of Halloween satire or free expression,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIt is a harmful symbol that evokes a painful history of violence, oppression, and racism that Black and Brown communities have long endured here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Joanna E. McClinton, the Democratic speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said she was horrified by what she called \u201ca disgusting display of hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDepicting Vice President Harris in chains at the hands of her opponent is grounded symbolism from our country\u2019s painful past,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMcClinton\/status\/1852386615835898205\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">she wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cExhibitions like these are never appropriate in a civil discourse and are inconsistent with our values as Pennsylvanians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department, which has sponsored the parade for more than 70 years, said it was sorry for \u201callowing the offensive participants\u201d \u2014 whom it did not identify \u2014 to take part in the event. It said the goal of the parade \u201chas always been to support our community\u2019s children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe do not share in the values represented by those participants, and we understand how it may have hurt or offended members of our community,\u201d the department said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtpleasant38\/posts\/970710411751640?ref=embed_post\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a> on Facebook. The department added that it was committed to \u201censuring that our future events celebrate the diversity and spirit of our community in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/pennsylvania-halloween-parade-float-racist.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and the speaker of the Pennsylvania House have denounced a local Halloween parade float that featured a woman apparently dressed as Vice President Kamala &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121095\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}