Maxine Waters promises 'reparations' if Dems take over in 2020

American Thinker ^ | 03/05/2018 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

How radical can the Democrats get if they take over the government again? What used to be an extreme position - reparations to black people for slavery - is now entering the mainstream of Democratic party thought and could become a reality once the Democrats regain power.

Reparations have been mentioned since the end of slavery, but in recent years, it has been elevated to a serious issue by liberal Democrats. Rep. Maxine "Mad Max" Waters, appears to want to make it a cornerstone of a run for the presidency in 2020.

WATERS: “He’s a bully — he has a bully mentality. We need someone in the presidency who not only has good sense but understands diplomacy and understands what we need to do to have peace in this world so we can all look forward to the possibility that we’re someday going to have a world that’s about peace and justice and respect for individual liberty.”

RYE: “Is that your stump speech for 2020? — Is she running? Is she running?”
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WATERS: “I’d be happy to do that. That’s no problem. In order to get where we need to go on this issue and other issues, we really got to understand that 2018 is important in taking back the House and taking back the Senate ... If we want to get to the point where we can get reparations, we’ve got to have the power to do that, Number 1, by having a supportive president would be wonderful, but taking back the House would be absolutely wonderful ... I need to take back that House so that we can have a majority in that committee.”

[ProudGOP]

Hint: There are no living people who were held in slavery, or who are the children of a person held in slavery, while slavery was the law of the land.

That was the point, genius. No reparations.

[RightLady]

Why don’t our “scools” teach more about indentured servants. They were the original backbone of this country and soldiers of the Rev. War.

[hanamizu]

Why don’t our “scools” teach more about indentured servants.

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Well, I taught my students about indentured servants. I also explained why they might well be treated worse than slaves by the holder of their indenture since once their time was up, they had no value to him. That said, most indentured servants willingly traded 3 to 7 years of their lives to get passage to America and the opportunities it offered.