{"id":669347,"date":"2021-08-21T14:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=669347"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T18:21:31","slug":"biden-administration-knew-its-racial-preferences-for-covid-relief-were-unconstitutional-went-ahead-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-knew-its-racial-preferences-for-covid-relief-were-unconstitutional-went-ahead-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Knew Its Racial Preferences For COVID Relief Were Unconstitutional, Went Ahead Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-knew-its-racial-preferences-for-covid-relief-were-unconstitutional-went-ahead-anyway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=669347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1223864488.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration forged ahead with racial preferences that nearly excluded white farmers from receiving COVID-19 debt relief, even though it knew those preferences were unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Judges in three states earlier this year ruled against the Biden administration\u2019s preferences, noting it was \u201cgovernmentally imposed discrimination based on race.\u201d As The Daily Wire previously reported, judges in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-halts-biden-4-billion-relief-program-that-excludes-white-farmers-discrimination-based-on-race\">Florida<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-third-judge-strikes-down-bidens-racist-farm-aid-program-that-excludes-whites\">Tennessee<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-halts-biden-administration-program-that-discriminated-against-white-farmers-saying-lawsuit-could-be-successful\">Wisconsin<\/a> all shot down the administration\u2019s policy after lawsuits were filed alleging discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard wrote in her decision that the government was imposing discriminatory policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress also must heed its obligation to do away with governmentally imposed discrimination based on race,\u201d Howard&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/06\/23\/black-farmers-debt-relief-preliminary-injunction\/\">wrote<\/a>, adding that \u201cit appears that in adopting Section 1005\u2019s strict race-based debt relief remedy Congress moved with great speed to address the history of discrimination, but did not move with great care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Tennessee, U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson wrote in his decision that the \u201cAbsent action by the Court, socially disadvantaged farmers will obtain debt relief, while Plaintiff will suffer the irreparable harm of being excluded from that program solely on the basis of his&nbsp;race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin, Judge William Griesbach ruled that the USDA\u2019s \u201cuse of race-based criteria in the administration of the program violates their right to equal protection under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from a summary of statistical disparities, defendants have no evidence of intentional discrimination by the USDA in the implementation of the recent agriculture subsidies and pandemic relief efforts,\u201d Griesbach wrote, noting that the policy was \u201ca loan-forgiveness program purportedly intended to provide economic relief to disadvantaged individuals without actually considering the financial circumstances of the applicant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress can implement race-neutral programs to help farmers and ranchers in need of financial assistance, such as requiring individual determinations of disadvantaged status or giving priority to loans of farmers and ranchers that were left out of the previous pandemic relief funding,\u201d Griesbach added. \u201cBut it cannot discriminate on the basis of race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even before these rulings, the Biden administration apparently knew the policy was unconstitutional, according to emails <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyunyielding.com\/2021\/08\/19\/agriculture-secretary-knew-bidens-racial-preferences-were-unconstitutional\/\">published<\/a> by civil rights attorney Hans Bader.<\/p>\n<p>After the judges ruled against the Biden administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack claimed the farmers who filed the lawsuits were racist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a wonder where those farmers were over the last 100 years when their black counterparts were being discriminated against, and didn\u2019t hear a peep from white farmers about how unfortunate that circumstance was,\u201d Vilsack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agri-pulse.com\/articles\/16056-vilsack-blasts-farmers-suing-over-minority-debt-relief\">said<\/a>, according to Agri-Pulse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we are seeing white farmers stepping up and asking why they\u2019re not included in this program. Well, it\u2019s pretty clear why they\u2019re not included. Because they\u2019ve had the full access of all of the programs for the last 100 years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Vilsack also wrote an opinion column for GoErie, where the agriculture secretary said white farmers had advantages over black farmers, ignoring the issue that COVID-19 did not discriminate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite farmers have advantages, including more land and larger farms which have produced more crops and livestock over a longer, documented period of time. And because those farms are larger, better capitalized, and producing most of the crops and livestock, they get most of the USDA payments when payments are distributed. As a result, socially disadvantaged farmers continue to fall further and further behind,\u201d Vilsack said.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, Bader reported, Vilsack \u201capparently realized that the racial exclusion of whites was unconstitutional.\u201d Bader reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14.254518072289\">\n<p><em>In a June 2&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/libertyunyielding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BFF-v-USDA-Biden-transition-team-warned-black-farmer-relief-was-unconstitutional-says-Lawrence-Lucas-of-Justice-for-Black-Farmers-Group.pdf\">email<\/a>, Lawrence Lucas of Justice for Black Farmers Group closes by noting, \u2018Please remember it was the Biden\/Harris transition team that you headed up that told us that debt relief for Black farmers was \u2018unconstitutional.\u2019\u201d That\u2019s a reference to when Vilsack was managing the Agriculture Department\u2019s transition from the Trump administration to the Biden administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The email can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyunyielding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BFF-v-USDA-Biden-transition-team-warned-black-farmer-relief-was-unconstitutional-says-Lawrence-Lucas-of-Justice-for-Black-Farmers-Group.pdf\">at this link<\/a>. It was released on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/libertyunyielding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/USDA-FOIA-response-letter-2021-OSEC-03930-F-Signed-Final-Response.pdf\">August 18<\/a>, in response to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacermonitor.com\/public\/case\/40964312\/BADER_FAMILY_FOUNDATION_v_UNITED_STATES_DEPARTMENT_OF_AGRICULTURE\">lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;against the Agriculture Department by the Bader Family Foundation. It sued the Agriculture Department for failing to respond to a FOIA request from it and Liberty Unyielding.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration forged ahead with racial preferences that nearly excluded white farmers from receiving COVID-19 debt relief, even though it knew those preferences were unconstitutional.Judges in three states earlier &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}