A Michigan Politician Has Vowed To Cancel Black History Month, And He’s Black
Austin Chenge, a businessman who is the Republican Gov Candidate for Michigan, has tweeted a bold statement about what he will do if he gets into office.
He wrote, “I will cancel #BlackHistoryMonth in #Michigan. It’s offensive, unfair, maybe illegal… Americans from all backgrounds deserve a revered history. I’ll declare American History Month. Austin Chenge, #Veteran & First #Republican Gov #Candidate for MI.”
Strangely enough, Austin Chenge is black.
I will cancel #BlackHistoryMonth in #Michigan. It's offensive, unfair, maybe illegal... Americans from all backgrounds deserve a revered history. I'll declare American History Month. Austin Chenge, #Veteran & First #Republican Gov #Candidate for MI. Visit https://t.co/WSCP2ITiwa pic.twitter.com/flC58Syo5V
— Austin Chenge (@AustinChenge) February 8, 2021
This isn’t the first time that Chenge has tweeted out something that was…unconventional. After the Capitol riots, he wrote, “Yesterday, I saw Americans doing everything necessary to ensure their God-given freedoms, their rights and their #American way of life, some were overwhelmed by more passion than others, but all for the love of their country.”
#CapitolBuilding : Yesterday, I saw Americans doing everything necessary to ensure their God-given freedoms, their rights and their #American way of life, some were overwhelmed by more passion than others, but all for the love of their country. Austin For #Governor of Michigan. pic.twitter.com/uhPo33mgSp
— Austin Chenge (@AustinChenge) January 7, 2021
According to The Source, in the past, Chenge has also called the state’s Democratic governor “a dictator” and has taken a lot of heat for his “deeply conservative” views.