Leftists are up in arms over a historically black college agreeing to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.
According to this, the Mean Green Marching Machine of Mississippi Valley State University, a marching band, has accepted the invite to play at the January 20 ceremony, which coincides with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The band has launched a GoFundMe to raise $13,000 for expenses for travel and accommodation, just part of the $350k the trip is expected to cost.
MSVU President Dr. Jerryl Briggs called the invitation to perform at the ceremony “not just a moment of pride for our university, but for the entire state of Mississippi,” with the school website stating: “This historic invitation highlights the band's legacy of excellence and cultural significance, showcasing the university and Mississippi's rich heritage globally. This invitation continues MVSU's tradition of groundbreaking national performances. In 1965, the band became the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) ensemble to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade. They returned to Pasadena in 1968 and performed in President Richard Nixon's inaugural parade on Jan. 20, 1969. These milestones reflect the band's enduring legacy as cultural ambassadors for Mississippi and the HBCU community.”
But many race-baiting leftists are angry that a college founded for Blacks to get an education would agree to attend an inauguration for a president the left has decided is s racist - despite copious amounts of evidence to the contrary.
Bishop Talbert Swan, for instance - who once lit into me on social media for rightly calling him an idiot, and who remains an idiot to this day - blasted the school’s decision as “shameful.”
“Accepting an invitation to perform at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a disgraceful betrayal of that legacy,” Swan wrote. “Trump and his administration have worked tirelessly to erase Black history from classrooms, directly opposing the very fight MVSU students took on in 1964 when they boycotted for courses in Black history and access to works by Black authors.”
Others took to video to condemn the school for agreeing to play at the ceremony.
Black Liberals ERUPT Over HBCU Band Performing at Trump Inauguration! pic.twitter.com/dvNBLUbupW
— CartierFamily (@cartierfamilyZ) December 30, 2024
It looks like the joke’s on these morons, though. While the GoFundMe had raised a paltry $3,000 for the trip as of December 28, just one day of liberal tears launched the crowdfunding campaign to over $65,000 as of December 30.
Get bent, libs.
