Because the Left hasn’t lionized Barack Obama enough already, Illinois has now declared August 4 “Barack Obama Day.” Governor Bruce Rauner signed it into law on Friday. Oh, happy day.
NBC reports:
The newest state holiday will be celebrated each year on the 44th president’s birthday, beginning in 2018.
The holiday will be “observed throughout the State as a day set apart to honor the 44th President of the United States of America who began his career serving the People of Illinois in both the Illinois State Senate and the United States Senate, and dedicated his life to protecting the rights of Americans and building bridges across communities,” Senate Bill 55 reads.
While several lawmakers abstained from voting on the measure, it passed both houses earlier this year without a single vote against.
SB 55 was introduced by Sen. Emil Jones III, the son of former Senate President Emil Jones, Jr., who played a major role in launching then-state Senator Obama to the U.S. Senate in 2004 and considers himself to be the former president’s political “godfather.”
“Barack Obama Day” joins other commemorative holidays like Adlai Stevenson Day, Ronald Reagan Day and Jane Addams Day, for which workplaces do not close.
Democrats’ efforts to make Obama’s birthday a legal state holiday – during which schools and state offices would close, while banks and businesses could, but would not be required to close – stalled after some lawmakers voiced concern that other Illinois presidents, like Reagan, do not have similar holidays.
Republicans, including Rauner, also noted the economic cost of closing state buildings on the holiday, and the impact of workers having the day off.
Pfft! It’s not as if Democrats would start caring about the economic costs of closing banks and state institutions now!
“It’s incredibly proud for Illinois that the president came from Illinois. I think it’s awesome, and I think we should celebrate it,” Rauner told reporters several months ago.
“I don’t think it should be a formal holiday with paid, forced time off, but I think it should be a day of acknowledgment and celebration.”
People are encouraged to mark the occasion by forming their own choom-gangs.
Legislators also voted to rename part of the areas’s Interstate 55 the “Barack Obama Presidential Expressway.”
(First reported by Truth Revolt) http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/good-lord-barack-obama-day-now-official-holiday-illinois (August 16, 2017)
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