Gaffetastic: Historically challenged State Department adviser flubs Juneteenth tweet

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American history is hard for Obama administration flunkies. After all, nothing truly Historic™ happened until President Obama was elected.

Hillary Clinton's "Senior Advisor for Innovation" Alec Ross got exceptionally innovative with congressional history this morning on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/215060186728112128

Oops.

On June 19 ("Juneteenth"), 1865, Union general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, which read in part, "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.

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