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Monday, December 14, 2020

Can we knock it off: Larry Elder shreds BLM demand for reparations with cold facts

December 12, 2020 | | Print Article

Fox News host Tucker Carlson revisited the issue of forcing taxpayers to fund reparations for blacks with columnist and author Larry Elder, who pushed back on the idea and said it would only serve to further racially divide Americans. Carlson introduced the segment by reminding viewers that Sen. Kamala Harris, set to become the vice president if Joe Biden takes office in January, pledged last year during her short bid for the presidency that she would sign reparations legislation.

He then pivoted to a clip of a young Black Lives Matter activist who praised and justified looting in Chicago in August as a form of "reparations."  After playing both clips, Carlson brought in Elder and asked if mandatory reparations, which - depending on the scheme could cost $12 trillion - would further inflame or calm racial tensions.  Elder, who also hosts a daily radio show, said unequivocally that he believes mandating reparation payments would further divide the country along racial lines as he went into a lengthy explanation of the evolution of racial politics in the country............To Read More...

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