The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) has outrageously invoked the infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court ruling in their challenge to Vice President Kamala Harris‘ candidacy — a move steeped in white nationalist ideology. The group argues that Harris is ineligible to run for president because her parents were not U.S. citizens at the time of birth.
The Dred Scott ruling in 1857 said that Black people weren’t citizens and could not expect any protection from the courts or government. This was one of the most racist and damaging Supreme Court decisions in American history and played a major role in pushing the country closer to the Civil War.
In the current-day lawsuit filed to the Supreme Court, Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, both Republicans, are also named, arguing that they’re not natural-born citizens either.
Legal experts are condemning this as a blatant racist attempt to revive racist rhetoric in the 2024 presidential race.
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