Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports granting reparations to the black community, making him the most prominent 2024 candidate in favor of the controversial policy aimed at atoning for slavery and legal segregation.
President Biden has remained silent on the issue, sparking frustration among the far left.
Kennedy, who dropped his Democratic primary challenge to Biden earlier this month, has come out in favor of issuing federal dollars to “rebuild black infrastructure” like banks and businesses, as well as “direct reparation payments or tax credits.” instead of not doing it. cash rope gifts.
“Communities that were specifically targeted for destruction must be specifically targeted for repair,” he states on his campaign website.
“During Jim Crow, black banks, businesses, hospitals, schools and farms were targeted for destruction. The racists knew that without them, the black community had no chance of generating wealth. “We must set aside federal dollars to rebuild Black infrastructure.”
Robert F Kennedy Jr. announces his entry into the 2024 presidential race as an independent candidate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.REUTERS A large crowd of protesters wearing masks and holding signs saying “Reparations Now” as they walk through neighborhoods at Black Lives Matter Protest in Bayside , Queens in August 2020. Corbis via Getty Images RFK Jr. has said he would be against direct cash payments. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA
“These programs supplement direct reparation payments or tax credits to descendants of Jim Crow victims and other victims of persecution,” the pledge continues. “RFK Jr. will find ways to offer this remedy that are legal, fair, and win the approval of Americans of all races.”
Kennedy has also said he supports the establishment of development projects such as the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, which his father helped found in 1967 along with then-Mayor John Lindsay and then-Sen. Jacob Javits.
Such actions are less likely to contribute to polarization between blacks and whites because they benefit everyone. Everybody, even Trumpers…everybody wants businesses to work and flourish,” Kennedy Jr. told YouTuber Math Hoffa in an interview in July.
The 69-year-old son of the late New York attorney general and senator has courted traditional Republican and Democratic voters, raising concerns that the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist could take votes away from candidates of both major parties next November.
Biden has faced pressure from advocacy groups and Democratic members of Congress to issue an executive order on reparations amid congressional gridlock. The White House has maintained that the president supports a “study” on reparations, but has not specifically said whether he would sign a reparations bill.
Far-left independent candidate Cornel West, who some Democrats fear will steal votes from Biden, also says he supports reparations.
West’s platform includes plans to issue a directive to complete “the reparations process and findings within two years so that checks can be cut and sent to eligible recipients,” and a call to “press Congress to approve a filibuster-proof budget reconciliation for repairs and Land Back.” provisions.”
RFK Jr.’s campaign did not immediately respond to a question about the details of his plan.
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