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Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous stance on reparations could cause problems in her coalition as the November election approaches. Harris, at multiple points in her 2020 campaign for president and during her time as a senator, appeared to endorse the idea of giving some sort of reparations to the descendants of slaves, though her campaign has not responded to recent requests on whether or not she still supports the idea. The issue puts Harris in a bind as a commanding majority of Americans oppose reparations, but African Americans, who make up a key part of the Democratic coalition, overwhelmingly support the idea. “I think there has to be some form of reparations, and we can discuss what that is,” Harris told The Root, a black publication, in 2019. “We’re looking at more than 200 years of slavery. We’re looking at almost 100 years of Jim Crow. We’re looking at legalized segregation and, in fact, segregation on so many levels that exist today based on race. And there has not been any kind of intervention done understanding the harm and the damage that occurred to correct [the] course.” Harris also told a radio host in 2019 that she supported reparations, and later reaffirmed her support for the policy in a statement to The New York Times that same year. “We have to be honest that people in this country do not start from the same place or have access to the same opportunities,” she said in a statement shared with the NYT. “I’m serious about taking an approach that would change policies and structures and make real investments in black communities.” Harris avoided going into the specifics about what her reparations policies would look like while on the 2020 campaign trail. She co-sponsored a bill during her time in the Senate that would have created a commission to study reparations for slavery in 2019, and a year prior proposed a tax credit for black households, according to Politico. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond when the Daily Caller News Foundation asked about the vice president’s position on reparations. Reparations are deeply unpopular with the general public, as 70% of Americans opposed the federal government making payments to people who had enslaved ancestors, according to a 2023 Washington Post/Ipsos poll. In the same poll, however, 75% of African Americans expressed support for reparations. Other polls, like those conducted by the Pew Research Center and the Associated Press, also show Americans in general opposing reparations, while black individuals strongly support such measures. “Not all Democrats have come out in favor of reparations, and you can find lots of different quotes from people saying they’re against them,” Marquette University political science professor Julia Azari told The Washington Post. “Why stoke an intra party fight when you could just keep highlighting things your opponents have done that are unpopular, like book bans and changing the way people teach history?” Quentin James, president of the Collective PAC, a committee that supports black Democrats, also cautioned Harris against taking a stance on the issue, according to the Post. “I don’t think we need to start that conversation before the election,” he said. Some on Harris’ left-flank, however, argue that a commitment to reparations would help shore up support among the black community. “There are people who support this and would be more politically engaged if this were a part of our political discourse,” Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman told the Post as he was lobbying Democrats in January to take up reparations as a national issue. “But it isn’t, so they’re staying home or some are even moving to the Republican Party because it feels like Democrats are taking Black voters for granted.” A CNN exit poll shows that President Joe Biden won 92% of the black vote in Pennsylvania in 2020, going on to win the state overall by just 1.2 points. In Georgia, Biden defeated former President Donald Trump by a margin of less than 12,000 votes, but won 88% of the black vote, according to the NYT. Pennsylvania and Georgia will very likely be among the states that determine the outcome of November’s election. The post Kamala Harris’ Past Support for ‘Reparations’ Could Come Back to Haunt Her appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The city of Huntington Beach is set to file a lawsuit against California’s “unconstitutional” law requiring school districts to hide students’ gender identity from their parents, the city’s attorney tells The Daily Signal. The Southern California beach community’s City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night establishing itself as a “Parents’ Right to Know” city. The ordinance allows Huntington Beach city attorney Michael Gates to challenge Assembly Bill 1955, which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in mid-July. AB 1955 overrules any school board policies that require transparency with parents about their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In response, the Huntington Beach’s ordinance prohibits educators from hiding information about students’ sexual orientation or gender identity from parents. “It sends a signal to our community in Huntington Beach of 200,000 residents that we are a ‘Parents’ Right to Know’ city, and that educators should not interfere in the parent-child relationship,” Gates told The Daily Signal. Parents Right to Know OrdDownload Gates invited parents aggrieved by AB 1955 to approach the city about teaming up for its lawsuit against California over the state statute. “We are going to do everything in our power to protect our parents and our children and our city,” Gates said, “because the state has really run afoul of the law and its policies, and has been overreaching beyond constitutional bounds for years, and it’s about time that somebody or someone stands up against the state.” Huntington Beach is a charter city, meaning the California Constitution authorizes it to govern itself on municipal affairs. The ordinance argues that the protection of parents and children is a perfect example of a municipal matter, as it concerns the rights of Huntington Beach parents. “The people of Huntington Beach have a right to govern Huntington Beach municipal affairs and challenge the State’s attempt to assert authority of municipal affairs,” the ordinance reads. As a charter city, Huntington Beach has “an interest in protecting the people of the city, including protecting the parents and the children of the city from the state’s unconstitutional interference,” Gates said. The “Right to Know” ordinance “maintains the status quo,” Gates said. “In other words, it puts back the relationship that existed prior to AB 1955. The city recognizes [AB] 1955 was unconstitutional in the first place.” The ordinance argues a parent’s right to make decision concern their children’s upbringing and education is protected under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and upheld by Supreme Court precedent. “The state has a right to govern education, but it does not have a right to interfere with parent-child communications, or the relationship, especially as it relates to very personal private matters,” Gates said. “Our children do not belong to the state,” the lawyer continued. “They belong to the parents.” Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark said if the state sues the city over the ordinance, she is prepared to take that on. “They [the state] don’t like any dissension,” Van Der Mark told The Daily Signal. “Every time we’ve done something they don’t like, they sue us. And I’m hoping that parents come together and say, ‘We’re ready to push back.’ And if that’s the case, we’re ready to take that on.” “This is all about government overreach,” she continued, “and it’s ridiculous that we have to do this. We would not have ever had to bring our ‘Parents’ Right to Know’ ordinance forward if it wasn’t for [state lawmakers in] Sacramento overstepping into our boundaries.” Van Der Mark expects other cities will follow Huntington Beach’s lead in protecting parental rights in response to AB 1955. “If Huntington Beach weren’t to stand up and push back, and if other cities don’t stand up and push back, we will get steamrolled,” Gates said, “and the state will have its way with every city, even on local issues or personal and private issues between a parent and child.” The California Attorney General’s Office did not immediately respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment. This article will be updated if a response is received. The post Huntington Beach Poised to Sue California Over Radical Anti-Parental Rights Law appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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