RFK Jr. just came out in support of black reparations: 'We must set federal dollars aside to rebuild black infrastructure'



RFK Jr. has been quite popular among conservatives due to his unwavering criticism of forced vaccinations, censorship, and mega corporations like BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard.

In fact, he’s been so popular that according to recent polls, “he would hurt Trump more than Biden,” reports Pat Gray.

Unfortunately, RFK Jr. leans left on a number of important issues. Not only is he on the climate change bandwagon and an advocate for abortion rights, he’s also recently “come out in favor of reparations,” or at least, “that’s what it sounds like,” says Pat.

The newly declared independent candidate has stated that he intends to “rebuild black infrastructure, like banks and businesses, and direct redress payments or tax credits rather than no-strings cash giveaways,” says Pat, adding that the candidate also claimed that “communities that were specifically targeted for destruction need to be specifically targeted for repair.”

“He's talking about Jim Crow-era reparations type stuff,” sighs Keith Malinak.

Pat agrees, adding that RFK Jr. also said that “during Jim Crow, black banks, businesses, hospitals, schools, and farms were targeted for destruction; racists knew that without these, the black community had no chance of building wealth, [so] we must set federal dollars aside to rebuild black infrastructure.”


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Reparations: California activists demand MILLIONS



If you happen to be black and looking for a little extra cash, California might just be the state for you as the California Reparations Task Force, founded by Gavin Newsom, has formally recommended that the state should pay up to $1.2 million to every qualifying black resident.

While California was never a slave state, the task force called on the state to give black residents a formal apology in addition to the payments.

“Now, I want to be clear,” Lauren Chen comments, “this reparations task force, their recommendation isn’t technically binding on anything, but considering it’s California I’d say there’s actually a scarily good chance that the legislature — once they receive this recommendation — might actually do something with this.”

Chen points out that though California wasn’t a slave state, the Reparations Task Force is operating under the belief that there were many other injustices historically committed against black people.

The payments received by black residents would be broken down into different types of historical discrimination like bank redlining or policing and mass incarceration.

Chen comments that this is “a perfect display of progressive logic, or rather, lack thereof.”

“So, essentially in the progressive mind, okay, if a bunch of criminals commit crimes and therefore have to go to prison and be monitored by the police, it’s ... the state’s fault. They should be rewarded for that through reparations. Talk about incentivizing bad behavior,” she says.

The cost of reparations for the state of California, if they choose to enact this plan, could be in excess of $800 billion.

“These are leftists; these are socialists,” Chen says.

“They don’t care where the money comes from. The only thing they’re concerned about is that they get their gifts.”


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Broadcaster blasts Obama for saying that 'white resistance' blocked black reparations: 'How racist is that?'



Conservative broadcaster and author Larry Elder hit out at former President Barack Obama on Thursday night after Obama made remarks blaming a lack of black reparations on the politics of "white resistance and resentment."

What's a brief history here?

Earlier this week, Obama said that one of the reasons he didn't push for black reparations while in office was concern over the "politics of white resistance and resentment."

Speaking about race relations in America, the former president said that reparations could be justified because "the wealth of this country, the power of this country ... not exclusively, maybe not even the majority of it ... but a large portion of it, was built on the backs of slaves."

He added that it was "understandable why working-class white folks, middle-class white folks, folks who are having trouble paying the bills or dealing with students loans ... wouldn't be thrilled with the idea of a massive program that is designed to deal with the past but isn't speaking to their future."

"We can't even get this country to provide decent schooling for inner-city kids," Obama added. "And what I saw during my presidency was the politics of white resistance and resentment. The talk of welfare queens and the talk of the undeserving poor. And the backlash against affirmative action. All that made the prospect of actually proposing any kind of coherent, meaningful reparations program ... not only a non-starter but potentially counterproductive."

What did Elder say in response?

On Friday's "Fox & Friends," Elder said that Obama's remarks were nothing short of racism.

Defining reparations in this case as the "extraction of money from people who were never slave owners to be given to people who were never slaves," Elder insisted, "Slavery ended over a century and a half ago. Good luck finding slaves right now and their legal owners. It is absolutely ridiculous."

Elder pointed out that Obama himself is a "particularly bizarre vessel" to carry such a message as his mother's family reportedly owned slaves.

"Does Obama cut a check, or does he get a check?" he asked, pointing out that he believed the former president's remarks to be nothing more than an attention grab to remain relevant in U.S. politics.

"He has to step up and grab these ridiculous, divisive issues that four years ago he thought were pretty dumb — and they were then — and they are now," he added. "Obama said the reason he didn't propose it is because he felt it would be met with 'white resistance.' How racist is that?'"

(H/T: The Daily Caller)