White people are to blame for destroying the planet while black people try to save it.
Calling African American United State Senator Tim Scott an “Uncle Tim” for betraying black people.
Demanding a permanent Palestinian homeland following Hamas sponsored attacks on Israel on October 7th, 2023.
Posting on media “FU&K YOU & YOUR RACE APOLOGETICS” to those who oppressed African Americans.
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Members of Hochul’s reparations committee will be responsible for making recommendations on how much tax dollars should be given to African American New Yorkers
“There should be no doubt these members have no business continuing to serve. We strongly urge Governor Hochul and the Senate and Assembly majorities to demand their resignations immediately,” said New York State Senate Minority Leader Ron Ortt.
The controversial tweets and social media posts of reparations committee members Lurie Favors and Ron Daniels were first reported by the New York Post.
The social media posts are still publicly available and on @X, the platform known as Twitter, as of the publication of our newspaper this week.
Favors wrote on Twitter on July 17th, 2019: In the name of our ancestors who weep over our fractured communities; in the name of our families whose genealogy is at best a guess and a prayer; in the name of all that is holy & just: FU&K YOU & YOUR RACE APOLOGETICS. WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. WE WILL NOT MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE.
Daniels wrote on Twitter on October 25th, 2021: “White Folks Messed Up the Weather = Black Folks Save the Planet”
Favors blasted police in this Twitter post on April 15th, 2021: “Police all across the country are literally proving *daily* why #DefundThePolice is necessary. I’m old enough to remember summayall claiming activists were going too far…”
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Neither Hochul or Democratic leaders in the New York State Assembly are heeding calls for both to resign from the reparations committee. They are two of nine people on the panel.
The entire Republican State Senate Conference sent a joint statement demanding they step down immediately.
"Governor Hochul referred to the appointees as "an extraordinary group of highly-qualified individuals." The announcement failed to acknowledge the disturbing anti-Semitic and anti-police rhetoric espoused by commission members Ron Daniels and Lurie Danie Favors. The deeply offensive views of these members should completely disqualify them from serving in any government-appointed position, especially one supposedly intended to unify our state. The abhorrent bias of these commission members will no doubt cloud their decision-making and taint their recommendations. Regardless of any opinion on the necessity of this commission, there should be no doubt these members have no business continuing to serve,” wrote the GOP conference in their statement.