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.@PeteButtigieg, Who Has 0% Support From African Americans, Blatantly Panders For Votes By Proposing Slavery Reparations And Decriminalizing Drugs thefederalist.com/2019/07/11/pet…
His plan demands a new voting rights act and pushing for large, racially focused federal spending increases in education, health and homeownership.
Buttigieg wants to establish a $10 billion fund specifically for black entrepreneurs drawn out over a period of five years and to spend $25 billion more on historically black colleges.
The “Douglass Plan” also seeks to reduce the U.S. prison population by federally legalizing marijuana, abolishing mandatory minimums, and eliminating federal incarceration for those convicted of drug possession.
The plan also seeks to reduce sentences for other drug crimes and the expunging of past drug convictions.
Buttigieg also reaffirmed his commitment in the plan to toss out the Electoral College and determine the president through national popular vote.
Buttigieg also reaffirmed his commitment in the plan to toss out the Electoral College and determine the president through national popular vote.
“This is a restoration,” Buttigieg said of his plan. “It is trying to address generational harms and specific intentional theft that took place.”
Buttigieg is an avid supporter of taxpayer-provided payouts to current descendants of those enslaved in the US over 150 years ago.
Buttigieg is an avid supporter of taxpayer-provided payouts to current descendants of those enslaved in the US over 150 years ago.
The two-term mayor made clear in the 18-page proposal that the “Douglass Plan” would be implemented in addition to reparations for slavery.
“The Douglass Plan, which is a complement to any potential reparations proposals, aims to provide the scale and scope necessary for true nationwide restorative justice,”
Buttigieg has been severely struggling to garner support among African-Americans in the polls.
Buttigieg has been severely struggling to garner support among African-Americans in the polls.
His support among African-Americans remains dismal. A recent poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos failed to find any “measurable support” for Buttigieg among African-Americans, a vital voting block for any candidate to win on the way to the Democratic presidential nomination.
