Harry Reid Resorts To Race Baiting - Again

There have been far more applicants for the reparations required by the Pigford settlement than there are eligible recipients and the Democrats seem set on making these obviously fraudulent payouts. Republicans have demanded and investigation. Harry Reid calls that racist.

A spokesman for Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) slammed Republicans for blocking legal settlements for black farmers and Native American trust holders, saying they should "have the courage to say" whether they are "fundamentally opposed to delivering justice" to minority Americans.
"If Republicans are fundamentally opposed to ending this injustice for black farmers and Native American trust account-holders, they should at least have the courage to say so and stop playing games with this critical issue,” said Reid spokesman Jim Manley in a statement.

Nobody is advocating that justice should be denied to black farmers. But when 5 times as many applications have been paid out as there were actual farmers, clearly there's a bit of fraud and corruption involved.


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