WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to attend the grand opening of a Mississippi civil rights museum is drawing pushback, including from the NAACP. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that Trump will travel to the state on Saturday to help open the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum as he celebrates the state’s bicentennial. But the NAACP said in a statement that Trump should cancel his planned appearance because of his record on civil rights issues. “President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement. Trump visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington this year.

Source: National Post December 05, 2017 21:33 UTC