Like I said they asked to join via zoom and were denied unlike kamala's team. perhaps he would have been able to speak longer if this request was accommodated?
The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmersdiscriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president announced Wednesday. More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from $10,000 to $500,000, according to the USDA. Another 20,000 who planned to start a farm but did not receive a USDA loan received between $3,500 and $6,000. Most payments went to farmers in Mississippi and Alabama. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters that the aid “is not compensation for anyone’s loss or the pain endured, but it is an acknowledgment by the department.” The USDA has a long history of refusing to process loans from Black farmers, approving smaller loans compared to white farmers, and in some cases foreclosing quicker than usual when Black farmers who obtained loans ran into problems. Wardell Carter, who is Black, said no one in his farming family got so much as access to a loan application since Carter’s father bought 85 acres (34.4 hectares) of Mississippi land in 1939. He said USDA loan officers would slam the door in his face. If Black farmers persisted, Carter said officers would have police come to their homes. Without a loan, Carter’s family could not afford a tractor and instead used a horse and mule for years. And without proper equipment, the family could farm at most 40 acres (16.2 hectares) of their property — cutting profits. When they finally received a bank loan to buy a tractor, Carter said the interest rate was 100%. Boyd said he’s watched as his loan applications were torn up and thrown in the trash, been called racial epithets, and was told to leave in the middle of loan meetings so the officer could speak to white farmers. “We face blatant, in-your-face, real discrimination,” Boyd said. “And I did personally. The county person who was making farm loans spat tobacco juice on me during a loan session.” At age 65, Carter said he’s too old to farm his land. But he said if he receives money through the USDA program, he will use it to get his property in shape so his nephew can begin farming on it again. Carter said he and his family want to pitch in to buy his nephew a tractor, too.
What has the Trump admin done for black farmers? Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed at Black and minority farmers—a development that House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia calls “an evil system at work here.”
Just 0.1% of the pandemic relief funding to help American farmers during the Trump administration went to Black farmers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in an interview published Thursday.
“The Trump Administration has been the worst administration in history for Black farmers," Boyd said. "We have been totally shut out of the farm subsidy program, farm ownership laws, from rural development. We have been totally shut out of these programs.” Government aid to farmers spiked during the Trump administration, reaching a record of $46 billion in 2020, according to NPR. And the prior year, America’s farmers received $22 billion, the highest level of subsidies in 14 years, NPR reported. But Black farmers say they’ve been left behind. In July 2019, the nonprofit news site The Counter reported, citing documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, that nearly 100% of Trump’s trade war bailout went to white farmers.
She didn't become anything she hadn't always been. The issue is that Donald Trump who doesn't know her experiences and heritage is arrogant and ignorant in his comments and that's people are criticizing him.
Per USDA, 95% of producers are white or 3.2 million vs 41,807 that are black.... We got Google now n days bro... https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2024/Census22_HL_FarmProducers_FINAL.pdf
Okay we will agree to disagree there since her history with that is out there, but did you learn you lesson about capitalizing Black when referring to Black people?
You should first look up the definition of "groped" Look, I can't help you out of the trap you have put yourself in. One man's accidently brush of a girl's chest isn't the same as another man's having sex with 16 year olds. The fact that you think the first is worst says a lot about your values and reality, and probably how biased you are. Before you call people delusional, you need to think about that. You're so committed to being on team trump and hating dems, that you aren't able to see the truth. I hope some part of you struggles with that, and that ultimately you start to pay attention to it.
If you do the math from the data you are quoting, then proportionally, a black farmer received on average less than 1/10 of what a white farmer got.
I didn't know Trump had sex with 16 year old's.... link it -- it does seem misbehavior, in general. BTW- 16 is legal in 33% of states. Regardless, those women/girls knew what they're doing. They probably got some money too, and helped their single mother who's also prostituted. Father, not present. But they're all strong, independent, and liberated of course.
Most of us wouldn't call a 16 year old girl a woman, but whatever. Here's the bottom line I want to offer, because I've never thought of you as a bad dude. You can think and vote however you like, but... you really don't have to condone obviously morally bankrupt behavior, like truly hurtful behavior, in a public forum. That's a choice you don't need to make. The dude is obviously gross, has bragged about sexual assault, talked about being attracted to his daughter, etc, etc. By all means, go vote for him, but none of us need to try to excuse terrible behavior. You don't have to do that. It's a bad look and not winning him any additional votes.
Thank you for this response B-Bob. I've always thought you were a fair man. I'm not an overly political person and barely post in this forum, so there is a certain level of my ignorance. So I'm asking.... Trump said he was "attracted to his daughters", or did he say his, "daughters were attractive" ?. Men should never grab women's coochie (or breasts) without consent, but I still believe touching children anywhere private parts-ly is worse. Being real, touching a child's chest seems much more easier to get away with (especially in public) than grabbing her crouch.
There are huge, I hate to use the word "reparations", but there are...because the USDA and the state-level ag offices and lenders completely ****ed over black farmers for decades. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/19/1156...tently-left-behind-from-the-usdas-loan-system And of course, our shitbag Texas AG Commissioner is suing to stop this https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/24/texas-black-farmers-sid-miller-lawsuit/ Shameful s!!t
