Crockett's potential successor has repeatedly railed against US in reparations push: 'It's been evil'
Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s pastor, a radical reparations activist who once claimed America was "born in political violence," is now running as a Democrat to replace her in Texas' 30th...
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Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett ’s pastor, a radical reparations activist who once claimed America was "born in political violence," is now running as a Democrat to replace her in Texas' 30th Congressional District. A Texas Democratic Party document reviewed by Fox News Digital confirmed that Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, a Dallas megachurch pastor and social justice activist, is running to replace Crockett following her announcement that she is running for Senate. In 2022, speaking at a "Solidarity for Reparations" event at a San Francisco church, Haynes advocated for reparations on the grounds that America owes it to the African American community. "America, you owe us. What you done to us has been immoral. It’s been evil. It’s been unjust. It’s been downright wrong and the only way to bring salvation to America - you gotta pay us what you owe us," Haynes said. "I've come by to say San Francisco, California, Texas, United States of America, if you want salvation to come to this house, you've got to engage in reparations." FAR-LEFT FIREBRAND SPENDS EYE-POPPING AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN CASH ON LUXURY HOTELS, 'TOP-TIER' LIMO SERVICES The remarks were made at the church of failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris' longtime mentor and pastor, Amos Brown, who has made several controversial comments, including blaming the United States for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Haynes' comments received high praise from Brown, who told the congregation, "What a wonder. What a word. What a challenge." He then told all the members of the San Francisco reparations task force in the crowd to "implement what our preacher has so eloquently stated in undescribable words. I told you you would receive information. You got all the inspiration you need. Now it's time for implementation." Haynes was also present at a reparations rally outside the White House in 2023, where he said the United States was "born in the sin of a hostile, genocidal takeover of Indigenous land and shaped by an…