Desmond Jagmohan was quoted in The Hill:
Democrats are ripping the GOP for staying quiet over Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) declaration at a campaign rally that Democrats are pro-crime because they favor reparations and think criminals are “owed that.”
Desmond Jagmohan, who teaches political science at the University of California, Berkeley, also argued Tuberville’s comments were an attempt to “frame African Americans as a criminal element,” while appealing to racial fears among his base.
“He’s also pointing out to redistributive politics as itself a form of crime, basically, stealing from whites and giving to African Americans, and that’s a kind of enduring racist trope,” Jagmohan argued.
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