Political commentator and attorney Angela Rye went live on May 22, 2026 to ask the question that every Black American is thinking: So white people can get reparations? The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is being called out for what looks like reparations for insurrectionists, funded by the same taxpayers who keep getting told Black reparations are “too expensive” and “too complicated.”
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Trump’s DOJ created a $1.776 billion fund — sourced from taxpayer dollars — to compensate people who claim the government weaponized the legal system against them. Nearly 1,600 January 6 defendants are eligible to apply, including members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
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Acting AG Todd Blanche — Trump’s own former personal attorney — told the Senate “anybody in this country can apply” and refused to rule out payouts to convicted rioters who assaulted Capitol Police. He will appoint 4 of the 5 commission members who decide who gets paid
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The fund was drawn from the Congressional Judgment Fund — the same uncapped Treasury fund originally designated to compensate Black and Native American farmers who faced racial discrimination. Researcher Dreisen Heath called this out directly
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Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter (UCLA, author of Radical Reparations) responded directly to the fund: Trump has created what critics are calling a “multi-billion dollar slush fund to give treasonous rioters reparations”
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Angela Rye’s central argument: this is the same government that calls Black reparations “divisive,” “too expensive,” and “logistically impossible” — yet found nearly $2 billion in 48 hours for people who stormed the Capitol. The double standard is no longer deniable
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