The NAACP, founded in 1909, has a long history of inviting U.S. presidents to its annual convention. And that includes GOP presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan to Richard Nixon. In fact, many African-Americans were staunch Republicans before Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

But in 2025, the NAACP is making an exception by announcing that President Donald Trump won't be invited to this year's convention. The NAACP stated, "It would be a waste of our time and energy to give a platform to fascism, which would be unacceptable."

The NAACP's decision is infuriating many MAGA Republicans, who are raging against the 116-year-old civil rights organization on X, formerly Twitter.

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Author/blogger Mark Noonan tweeted, "The NAACP is a mere political op for the DNC."

Mississippi-based author Carl Purdon commented, "Sounds petty."

X user Stan Honeycutt remarked, "Interesting reasoning. More young black men voted R in the last presidential election than in recent elections so the NAACP decides to exclude their candidate to protect democracy."

Another X user, Timothy Tyler, wrote, " Who cares about a communist organization, not one patriot I know."

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But many liberal and progressive X users, on the other hand, are applauding the NAACP's decision.

The organization Occupy Democrats tweeted, "Donald Trump makes history in the worst way possible by becoming the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention because he wants to 'eliminate civil rights'…. Even George W. Bush was invited to speak at the convention in 2006 despite his botching of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina and waves of criticism from the NAACP. Ronald Reagan was invited as well despite his shockingly racist 'welfare queen' rhetoric during his 1980 campaign. Trump has now carved out a place of distinct ignominy for himself in the history books. Appropriately, his lapdog Vice President J.D. Vance will not be invited either."

Civil rights attorney Wade Henderson posted, "NAACP won’t invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition. I’m incredibly proud of the @NAACP! Their decision is fact-based, principled and courageous. They stand in the vanguard of the defense of American democracy. ⁦⁦#NoAuthoritarians."

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