Grothman: Kwanzaa Comment Garners Positive Feedback

State Sen. Glenn Grothman again grabbed headlines across the country after a press release regarding the relevancy of Kwanzaa sparked a controversial reaction from the public.

After calling Kwanzaa a fake holiday that "almost no black people care about," Sen. Glenn Grothman said he has heard a lot of positive feedback despite a negative reaction from some, including public officials. "Almost all of the private feedback has been positive," Grothman said. "First of all, people are thankful in finding out that Kwanzaa was founded by a violent, racist, Marxist — because some of them didn’t kow that. Secondly, they realized we shouldn't let such a person create a holiday … and promote it in our school system." The negative reaction was from a small, left fringe that supports an atheistic, socialist agenda," he said. "They are loud but tiny." Grothman sent out the press release attached to this article on Monday, and …

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