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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Celebrate Juneteenth by Enacting Commission to Study Reparations
Breitbart ^ | June 19 2020 | HANNAH BLEAU

Posted on 06/19/2020 12:04:09 PM PDT by knighthawk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Friday the United States should celebrate Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., by enacting Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) legislation forming a commission to study proposals for issuing reparations.

“Happy #Juneteenth!” the New York lawmaker said on social media. “To celebrate, let’s pass legislation that makes Juneteenth a national holiday and enact H.R. 40, Rep @JacksonLeeTX18’s Commission on Reparations”:

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KEYWORDS: aoc; juneteenth; ocasiocortez; reparations
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To: knighthawk

Has she identified as black yet?


21 posted on 06/19/2020 1:12:51 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: knighthawk

Hey AOC I studied it. It would be a logistical nightmare to administer and racist to boot. Thanks for playing though.


22 posted on 06/19/2020 1:19:11 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: knighthawk

Ooo, ooo, does that mean I get reparations for the over 400 years the Egyptians kept my people as slaves? I’ll be rich!


23 posted on 06/19/2020 1:27:59 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: knighthawk

I am all in favor of reparations — as long as they are totally paid by the Democrat Party and those voting for it.


24 posted on 06/19/2020 1:40:46 PM PDT by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: knighthawk

Sorry AOC, I never owned a slave and no slaves are alive today. Don’t forget that it was Blacks who started the slave trade and Republicans who fought and died to end it. Maybe families of soldiers killed in the Civil War should get reparations.


25 posted on 06/19/2020 1:51:46 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: knighthawk

I don’t know how the Democratic Party of the KKK and Jim Crow politics can afford to pay the reparations that they are directly responsible for.


26 posted on 06/19/2020 2:05:32 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Diego1618

Great Post!


27 posted on 06/19/2020 2:13:05 PM PDT by Pagey (Valerie Jarrett. She IS STILL in DC, Creating More Havoc for President Trump.)
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To: knighthawk

She is an evil witch. Reparations will never happen because more than 150 years have passed since there was no more slavery in this country. Nobody who was a slave is alive today. She knows that. She is just pandering to the few black people who believe the democrat’s nonsense.


28 posted on 06/19/2020 2:37:57 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: knighthawk

Last I heard; there were around 300k black and 300k white slaves. The only difference was the white ones were called indentured servants. Most of the latter didn’t make it to be free when their time expired. They expired first because they were worked to the bone daily whereas the black slaves were treated much better.

So who is getting the reparations? All the whites? All the blacks? Everyone who is only white or black; not Hispanic or Asian?


29 posted on 06/19/2020 2:49:17 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches.)
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To: kaehurowing

My ancestor came over as indentured servant from England.Had a choice of being hung or go to America. He was Caucasian


30 posted on 06/19/2020 5:17:06 PM PDT by Osagegirl
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To: knighthawk

31 posted on 06/19/2020 9:18:27 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: trublu

I do: See my #31.


32 posted on 06/19/2020 9:19:36 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: EinNYC

Don’t forget the Babylonian captivity. They owe you too.


33 posted on 06/19/2020 10:51:50 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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