the runoff of the maraschino cherry company. apparently they like the case. runner up, congressman steve king of iowa, king of crazy is on the line. pushing the line that the u.s. department of agriculture discriminated against black farmers and owed them $1 billion. the ruling came in 1999. the fact did not slow down king s raciaparanoia one jot. figure this out, madame speaker. we have a very, very urban senator, barack obama, who s decided he s going to run for president and what does he do? introduces legislation to create a whole new pigford claim. very, very urban. this is another white euphemism for black folks. mr. king, you are very close to jumping the racism shark. our winner, glenn beck, communist. you heard me. federal employees should not
federal government is done with african-american farmers who have been discriminated over the past many decades. steve king is very opposed. roland we ll get your response then i ll bring in ed. sure. figure this out. we have a very urban senator barack obama who decided he s going to run for president and what does he do? he introduces legislation to create a whole new pigford claim. that s the settlement now cast after so many years of trying. very, very what i guess is controversial, explain why you think it s so controversial when he talks about a very, very urban senator. first of all, what is very urban. why don t he say black? what that meant you don t buy advertising on radio station targeting african-americans.
settlement and now a new settlement for farmers who missed the filing deadline of the first one. congressman king objects to this latest round of payments saying there is widespread fraud. he s alleging three quarters of a billion dollars were wasted in the first round of payments and this week congressman king spoke on the house floor for an hour attacking the process and president obama for sponsoring a bill supporting it when he was a senator. figure this out, madam speaker, we have a very, very urban senator, barack obama, who has decided to run for president and what does he do? he introduces legislation to create a whole new pigford claim. congressman king did not point out then-senator obama was representing the state of illinois, some 80% of which is made up of farmland. he went to equate these with slave reparations. we ve got to stand up at some point and say, we re not going to pay slavery reparations in the united states congress. that war s been fought. that was over