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Rep. Ayanna Pressley: 'Black Lives Matter is a mandate from the people. It's time. Pay us what you owe us.'
Washington Examiner ^ | June 26, 2020 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 06/27/2020 7:48:58 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Rep. Ayanna Pressley said on the House floor that the Black Lives Matter movement is a “mandate,” and the time has come for people to “pay us what you owe us.”

“I rise today on behalf of every black family that has been robbed of a child,” the Massachusetts congresswoman and member of “the Squad,” said. “On behalf of every family member that has been forced to see their loved one lynched on national television. Driving while black. Jogging while black. Sleeping while black. We have been criminalized for the very way we show up in the world. Under the harsh gaze of far too many, my black body is seen as a threat, always considered armed.”

“Centuries of institutionalized oppression will not be undone overnight, for racism in America is as structural as the marble pillars of this very institution," the Democrat added. "With the power of the pen we must legislate accountability, dismantle these systems, and move in the direction of justice and healing. The Justice in Policing Act is a critical step forward, and I applaud the leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus.”

Pressley continued: “But our work is unfinished. There is a rallying cry in communities across the nation. Black Lives Matter is a mandate from the people. It’s time. Pay us what you owe us. Our black skin is not a crime, it is the beautiful robe of nation builders.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ayannapressley; blacklivesmatter; deathtoislam; massachusetts; reparations
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To: rickmichaels

OK - $5 for each person who can prove they are direct descendants of a slave.


21 posted on 06/27/2020 8:01:16 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: rickmichaels

A mouthful of “Gimme” and a handful of “Not enough.”


22 posted on 06/27/2020 8:03:06 PM PDT by Hootowl
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To: rickmichaels
"Sleeping while black"

Sleeping in the drive through lane of a fast food joint is a right?

23 posted on 06/27/2020 8:03:09 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sureexist)
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To: rickmichaels

I owe you nothing.


24 posted on 06/27/2020 8:03:17 PM PDT by guitar Josh
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To: rickmichaels

25 posted on 06/27/2020 8:04:07 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: rickmichaels

BLM has been given billions by corporate America.

“Hands up don’t shoot”


26 posted on 06/27/2020 8:05:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Squad666withine777t-edited-1
27 posted on 06/27/2020 8:05:31 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Who were your kin fighting for, the United Stares?


28 posted on 06/27/2020 8:06:26 PM PDT by pleasedontzotme
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Who were your kin fighting for, the United States?


29 posted on 06/27/2020 8:06:36 PM PDT by pleasedontzotme
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To: Deaf Smith

Nodding off after drinking ‘is a right’


30 posted on 06/27/2020 8:06:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: rickmichaels

Be very careful what you ask for stupid. You just might get it.


31 posted on 06/27/2020 8:06:49 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: rickmichaels
...my black body is seen as a threat, always considered armed.”

Sounds like a line from a Quentin Tarantino film.

32 posted on 06/27/2020 8:07:00 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("Racism" is NOT a rationale for fascism.)
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To: rickmichaels

I think it was P.J. O’Rourke who recently pointed out that the only logical way of figuring reparations is to take what blacks have earned since the civil war and deduct what they would have earned if they had stayed in Africa. The difference, he said, is how much they should refund to the U.S.


33 posted on 06/27/2020 8:07:12 PM PDT by Hootowl
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To: rickmichaels

Nuts!


34 posted on 06/27/2020 8:07:22 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: rickmichaels

Pressley needs to be asked two questions on the House Floor:

Who ended slavery in the West?

How many White lives were lost in the WBTS that ended slavery?

She needs to STFU and ESAD.


35 posted on 06/27/2020 8:07:42 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby)
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To: rickmichaels
Pay us what you owe us.

I don't owe you jack!

36 posted on 06/27/2020 8:07:42 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: digger48
Name one nation that blacks have built and run successfully for more than a generation

I think they honestly believe America's wealth came from the cotton trade. Apparently the industry in the North, the agriculture from the prairies, the gold in the West, and the poverty of the South after the Civil War just doesn't register with them.

37 posted on 06/27/2020 8:08:49 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: rickmichaels

Wouldn’t a ‘White’ tax be racist?


38 posted on 06/27/2020 8:08:49 PM PDT by truthluva
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To: a fool in paradise
BLM has been given billions by corporate America.

Which go right into the DNC's coffers. Trump needs to get this exposed.

39 posted on 06/27/2020 8:08:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rickmichaels

As a representative of the indigenous community, I have a bill for everyone collecting reparations. We’ll settle for only 4/3rds of what you get. But we’ll let you pay over time.


40 posted on 06/27/2020 8:09:23 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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