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Biden Urged to Buy Black Vote With Reparations Commission
U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and advocates of slavery reparations are openly urging President Joe Biden to establish a commission to dangle the prospect of free cash in front of black voters to help defeat Donald Trump.
Lee and her gang “say Biden should bypass Congress and use his executive powers to create a slavery payouts panel to put him over the line against rival Donald Trump,” the Daily Mail reported on April 26. “The sums are eye-watering — black lawmakers in Washington seek at least $14 trillion for a federal scheme to ‘eliminate the racial wealth gap’ between black and white Americans.”
A pro-reparations group, Earn the Black Vote Collaborative, and Lee say that “voter apathy among Black communities poses a significant challenge, with an estimated 271,000 registered Black voters abstaining from the polls.” However, creating a reparations commission is a “unique opportunity to not only address historical injustices but also to mobilize Black voters in key battleground states,” group spokesman Kamm Howard said. “President Biden stands to benefit significantly from prioritizing reparative justice, as evidenced by the overwhelming support among infrequent Black voters surveyed.”
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