Actor and activist Danny Glover and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer joined Democratic lawmakers to call for the passage of a bill to set up a federal slavery reparations committee, emphasizing that "we can't wait" any longer for reparations.
"We can't wait," Steyer said during a virtual discussion held as part of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual legislative conference. "This is the moment. The time for reparations is now. We must confront and deal with our history together and repair it as best we can together, if we're ever to move on together."
Glover, who endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, said the country has been "trapped in its past" for more than 400 years and called for a reparations proposal.
"We can't wait because now is the time," he said. "Now is the moment. Those legs and bodies marching in the street provides us with even more urgency for this moment."
Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is the sponsor of H.R. 40, the
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is sponsoring the Senate version.
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Why don't ya all hold your breath while you wait for them reparations to come.
Glover and the rest of the guilt scammers can take that fist and collectively spin on it!
No one today has any responsibilty or claim to historical slavery guilt.
That psy-op reasoning has been given an Obamatomy.
Glover, is not even a good actor. But, that said, how is it he became a well to do actor, paid big bucks to pretend on camera? Because he suffered discrimination? Hell, I have to actually work for a living. I can't pretend to do my job, I have to do it....or go home.
Glover should be grateful. Not demanding to be paid for nothing he deserves. What a worthless slob. He needs the living sh-t slapped out of him.