President Joe Biden and Congress are in a potentially lethal game of chicken over the looming default over our debt. It would not seem an ideal time to demand an additional $14 trillion, but Bush declared “Black people in our country cannot wait any longer.” She was joined by members like Reps. Barbara Lee, Jamaal Bowman and Rashida Tlaib.

It is a view being voiced across the country by black citizens who were told that these payments are an undeniable moral obligation. The years of politicking on the issue have created a sense of entitlement to large cash payments. As one well-known California activist declared: “It’s a debt that’s owed, we worked for free. We’re not asking; we’re telling you.” …

These are the creditors of the Democratic Party and they now seem intent on collecting on compounded interest of years of identity politics.

[Democrats have spent the last several years pandering over reparations. When they inevitably fail to deliver, will black voters realize they’ve been hoodwinked — or get further radicalized by hard-Left progressives and the doubling down on grievance politics? — Ed]