Reparations demands are spiking and Democrats have this astonishing reaction

May 26, 2023 at 08:00

Those four words from Missouri Democrat Rep. Cori Bush are being heard a lot by Democratic politicians across the country this month.
For Bush, the debt amounts to $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans.
One member of Newsom's Reparations Task Force demanded that the state pay its "sin bill"In New York and Chicago, mayors are balking at towering costs from migrants being shipped from the border to their "sanctuary" cities.
CA REPARATIONS TASK FORCE MEMBER DEFENDS MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUTS: 'SIN BILL' FOR 'TERRORIZING BLACK PEOPLE'In Tampa, after demanding $3 million per Black resident, a witness said that he and others were putting "White people on notice that we want our reparations."
Reparations and sanctuary cities have long been the bread and butter of identity politics.
For years, Democratic politicians have campaigned on these "moral imperatives" in passing sanctuary laws and setting up reparation task forces.
Newsom recently balked at the payment of the reparations recommended by his own task force, though he has indicated that some cash payments may still be made.
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While many have denounced the busing of migrants to sanctuary cities, most privately admit that there is an element of poetic justice.
Even though these cities have been sent a fraction of the influx of states like Texas, mayors in sanctuary cities like Chicago have expressed outage.
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Activists in cities like Los Angeles called it a "slap in the face" given years of promises from Democratic politicians.
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