Democrats reintroduce federal resolution for reparations
Source: The Hill
A coalition of Democratic lawmakers and advocates on Thursday reintroduced a resolution to offer reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans and people of African descent.
Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) led the reintroduction of the Reparations Now resolution, which was first introduced in 2023 by former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5302622-democrats-reintroduce-reparations-resolution/
Doodley
(11,629 posts)hay rick
(9,348 posts)The Mouth
(3,410 posts)Autumn
(48,734 posts)As if we need to aggravate the Trumphumpers even more.......
What can they be thinking...........or do they even think at all..........
Autumn
(48,734 posts)Response to Autumn (Reply #6)
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Justice Brandeis
(405 posts)Why do you think that is?
Jose Garcia
(3,427 posts)Justice Brandeis
(405 posts)And she was so far left that she often voted the same way as Marjorie Taylor Greene: Horseshoe Theory at work.
doc03
(38,825 posts)Karadeniz
(24,725 posts)DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,172 posts)Oh, wait. Still, this won't help to get back those Reagan Democrats that answered Ronnie's dogwhistles. For shame!
nowforever
(586 posts)the kind of stupidity that does nothing but push voters to the GOP.
Ponietz
(4,227 posts)Every single day. Medicaid cuts are in the news I hear.
karin_sj
(1,326 posts)There is not a snowball's chance in hell that this would ever pass right now, and it just gives ammunition to the right wing idiots. Very bad timing. There are way too many other deadly serious things to deal with right now.
yellow dahlia
(4,541 posts)into long term arguments that are at this time futile.
The Grifter fired the Librarian of Congress...illegaly. And now Todd Blanche is appointed to be in charge. What are they going to delete, destroy, or steal from the Library of Congress? The Library of Congress - that's what all Dems should be jumping up and down about.
And there are so many other illegal acts. Let's start with the dismantling of SO MANY agencies that are under the "control" of Congress, such as NLRB, USIP, CFPB, and all the other alphabet soup agencies mandated by Congress. Congress stood by while USAID was destroyed, and now millions are going to die. as a result. Oh and all of the IG's were fired w/out deference to Congress.
But sure...waste your time on a losing cause...while our Democracy is being destroyed...and the Constitution is being trampled on...and Congress is being rendered impotent. First you need to restore Article 1 and Separation of Powers...and then representatives can put their energy into other things.
Polybius
(21,511 posts)Cori Bush is out of Congress.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)What about Native Americans, Japanese Americans during WWII, Chinese restrictions, and probably most minorities since the countries' inception.
Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)Blasphemer
(3,577 posts)Totally support reparations but we have much work to do before that can even be a serious conversation.
mdbl
(8,109 posts)Has she been watching anything else going on or does she just live in a bubble?
idahoblue
(445 posts)Cant someone take these people aside and explain how politics works? Why introduce something with no chance of going forward but will give endless meme and bumper sticker slogans for the opposition?
The only things democrats should be talking about are healthcare, inflation, basic civil rights, basic environmental issues and the Constitution.
bromeando
(160 posts)I vote NO.
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