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The Votes of Black Americans Should Count Twice
The Nation ^ | December 17, 2020 | Brandon Hasbrouck

Posted on 12/19/2020 10:59:43 AM PST by Trump20162020

Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of equality.

Black votes in this country are worth less than white votes. Joe Biden won the Electoral College because Black voters in Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia turned out in significant numbers. But even with overwhelming Black support—94 percent of Detroit voted for Biden!—the outcomes in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were worryingly close.

One core problem is the Electoral College. Wyoming, which has just 580,000 residents and is 93 percent white, gets three electors because of its two senators and one representative in the House. By comparison, Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District—which includes Atlanta, has 710,000 residents, and is 58 percent Black—has no dedicated electors or senators and can only occasionally overcome the mostly white and conservative votes from elsewhere in the state. This devaluation of Black votes allows our political system to ignore Black lives, and the consequences are devastating. Unequal representation has led to unequal health care outcomes, which the Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened. Without sufficient voting power, Black communities receive substandard education, and politicians are free to appoint judges who sanction mass incarceration, abusive policing, and electoral disenfranchisement.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: black; blacknationalist; blacks; brandonhasbrouck; civilrights; discrimination; racist; reparations
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To: Trump20162020

21 posted on 12/19/2020 11:08:57 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Trump20162020

I don’t think these people believe this themselves. They have been lying so long their words have become meaningless.


22 posted on 12/19/2020 11:09:18 AM PST by FreeperCell
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To: Trump20162020

So we’re back to the “blacks are worth fractions of a human being” thing, only this time it BLACK > 1 instead of BLACK < 1.


23 posted on 12/19/2020 11:09:48 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: Trump20162020

This is the way Jocelyn Benson and Kathy Boockvar think.

They KNOW what happened, they were part of it.

But they think it’s legitimate - black votes should count at least twice. Whatever it takes to get a black person in office.

Look at Benson, with the insane eyes. She bends over, literally screaming about “civil rights!”. She thinks she’s some sort of saint, bound to go down in history. By Any Means! The non-whites will rule.

So now they are trying to overthrow one man, one vote. The scaling algorithms in the software seem “just” to them.

Let’s see Johnny Robert’s “Supreme” court bend this one into canon law.


24 posted on 12/19/2020 11:09:52 AM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: Trump20162020

So would that mean two cartons of cigarettes?


25 posted on 12/19/2020 11:11:52 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Trump20162020

You got to be kidding. How do people spouting such nonsense even look at themselves in the mirror?


26 posted on 12/19/2020 11:13:07 AM PST by Robert357
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To: Trump20162020

no

enpugh of this bullshiite

entitlement mentality needs to end

slavery ended a long time ago

black prejudice and white prejudice will always be around

lets not societally foster black prejudice anymore


27 posted on 12/19/2020 11:13:38 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Trump20162020

They are not kidding. Take them seriously. Very seriously. These people will do just that if they get into power. Of course their proposal is unconstitutional, but so are “affirmative action”, minority set-asides, giving extra points on tests and reparations.


28 posted on 12/19/2020 11:14:34 AM PST by I want the USA back (I fear my government much much much much much much much much much much more than a virus from china.)
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To: Trump20162020

My vote for the most stupid article heading a thread in 2020.


29 posted on 12/19/2020 11:14:50 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Trump20162020
Joe Biden won the Electoral College because Black voters in Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia turned out in significant numbers.

Yeah, but what were they doing that they weren't able to get out and vote until 4 o'clock in the morning?

30 posted on 12/19/2020 11:15:47 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: Trump20162020

The Votes of Black Americans Should Count Twice as Long as They Vote Democrat, Else Only 3/5ths


31 posted on 12/19/2020 11:17:01 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: a fool in paradise

“In Houston the battle is between Black and Brown to run the school district and neither of those sides likes the other side.”


I don’t think it is just Houston. In spite of the “People of Color” propaganda, blacks and browns generally don’t get along at all.


32 posted on 12/19/2020 11:21:44 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Trump20162020

We should have known that this republic was on its last legs when utter garbage like this actually started getting published.


33 posted on 12/19/2020 11:25:44 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Trump20162020

The Votes of Black Americans Should Count Twice!

Why is there a reduction in the number of times, the Votes of Black Americans are counted?


34 posted on 12/19/2020 11:25:51 AM PST by Grampa Dave (If voting could change anything, they would not let us do it...!!! Posted by glasseye, 12/19/2020!! )
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To: Trump20162020

Dems aren’t concerned about black votes even counting once, let alone twice. Blacks voted at unprecedented levels for the Republican this cycle, only to be disenfranchised by 100 different kinds of fraud.

What he really means is “Give two votes per person that we can vote the way we imagine they should be voting”


35 posted on 12/19/2020 11:29:26 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Trump20162020

Count twice? Who are the kidding? They already count FIVE times. Only counting them twice would be a step in the direction of free and fair elections. Also, does voting twice apply to Republican blacks?


36 posted on 12/19/2020 11:29:28 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: Trump20162020

Whom ever wrote this is childish and is most certainly uneducated ( regardless of degree). There are just people who can’t understand
freedom and the good life of living in America. Wanting to tear it down and
replacing it will work out like one sibling knocking over another’s domino line. The fight is on and never rebuilt. So you better be ready for the fight before buying the nails with which to rebuild.


37 posted on 12/19/2020 11:31:02 AM PST by Cottonpatch
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To: Trump20162020

I suspect that even Chief Justice Roberts would be against this.


38 posted on 12/19/2020 11:32:43 AM PST by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: Trump20162020

Would that make every black voter 6/10ths of a person or 200% of a person?


39 posted on 12/19/2020 11:33:08 AM PST by equaviator (If it seems like it's too bad to be true then maybe it isn't.)
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To: Trump20162020

They should have twice as many votes as they did in 1970. Legalized abortion prevented that. They should have far more votes than other minorities. Open borders prevented that. The Black voters’ leverage is low because of Democrat policies.


40 posted on 12/19/2020 11:33:56 AM PST by LucienCA13 (sorry if you are microaggrieved)
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