The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will not invite President Donald Trump to its annual convention next month, the organization said Monday.
“The president has signed unconstitutional executive orders to oppress voters and undo federal civil rights protections; he has illegally turned the military on our communities, and he continually undermines every pillar of our democracy to make himself more powerful and to personally benefit from the U.S. government,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson announced.
Vice President JD Vance also was not invited.
“This administration does not respect the Constitution or the rule of law,” Johnson said.
The organization has invited presidents of all political affiliations since its inception and had invited Trump during the first three years of his first administration as well as when he was the presumptive Republican nominee in 2016. Trump declined to participate each time.
During the 2019 convention, delegates passed a unanimous vote calling for Trump’s impeachment. The organization also did not invite Trump to its virtual 2020 convention, which occurred during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
White House spokesman Harrison Fields dismissed the NAACP’s decision.
“The NAACP isn’t advancing anything but hate and division, while the President is focused on uniting our country, improving our economy, securing our borders, and establishing peace across the globe,” he said in a statement.
The tension between the NAACP and Trump started almost immediately into his second term. In March, the NAACP sued the Department of Education over what it claimed were “illegal attempts” to dismantle the DOE.
The organization then sued the Trump administration again the following month challenging funding cuts to schools that had adopted a diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda in their curriculum.
This year’s convention will be held July 12-15 in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The Fierce Urgency of Now” is the group’s theme and will focus on political division and the threats to civil rights.
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