Apple CEO Tim Cook marked Independence Day by tweeting a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which the 32nd president of the United States said that America was a nation built by immigrants. Wishing everyone a happy #Independence Day! 🇺🇸 “Remember always that all of us ... are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” -FDRAccording to the University of California at Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project, FDR made the comments before the Daughters of the American Revolution on April 21, 1938. He detailed how his ancestors came over on The Mayflower, and how it was crucial to remember “the reasons that brought our immigrant ancestors to this country, the reasons that impelled our Revolutionary ancestors to throw off a fascist yoke.”“Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists,” FDR said. Some folks on Twitter considered Cook’s comments a not-so-subtle dig to President Donald Trump’s travel ban that targets immigrants and refugees from six Muslim-majority nations.

Source: Huffington Post July 05, 2017 04:26 UTC