GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth a 'useless' holiday 2 months after he said the holiday should be a 'celebration of the American Dream'

• Republican Vivek Ramaswamy blasted Juneteenth while speaking in Iowa, calling the holiday "useless."
• Two months ago, he praised the holiday, saying it should be a "celebration of the American dream."
• Black activists, notably 96-year-old Opal Lee, fought for decades for a federal Juneteenth holiday.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday said that Juneteenth was a "useless" holiday, just months after stating that the holiday should be a "celebration of the American Dream."

While speaking to voters at an event in Iowa, the key early voting caucus state, Ramaswamy told attendees that he would back a national voting holiday by removing another holiday.