A.G. Gancarski
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is taking heat from a Florida Senator on the ballot this year, as he accuses her of “racism.”
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, during an interview on the “Hugh Hewitt Show,” made the accusation when asked about Harris’ Opportunity Agenda for Black Men. That plan includes calls to offer “1 million loans that are fully forgivable of up to $20,000 to Black entrepreneurs and others who have historically faced barriers to starting a new business or growing an existing business, in partnership with trusted organizations like mission-driven lenders and banks with a proven commitment to their communities.”
“I think that’s called racism,” Scott said. He then offered a combination of his personal narrative and advocacy of a race-neutral approach to economic incentives, noting he grew up in public housing and that his job lets him provide a “chance for you to live your dream” as he did in going into business decades ago.
Harris proposes a “new partnership between the Small Business Administration and trusted partners on the ground to provide loans that are forgivable of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs who have a good idea but don’t have the resources, connections, or access to capital to get their business off the ground, as well as entrepreneurs locating in underserved communities.”
The VP’s Office itemizes various ways that capital can be deployed.
The money “can help entrepreneurs rent office space and industry-standard software to launch a cybersecurity company, pay for permitting fees and purchase a van for a catering business, set up a studio and buy advertising for a new architectural company, buy professional hairstyling equipment and chair space for a barber shop, buy lawn mowers and tools for a landscaper, and more.”
12 comments
Michael K
October 17, 2024 at 9:25 am
No wonder people like our governor and Rick Scott want to erase history. Rick Scott is old enough to know what life in Florida was like in the Jim Crow era. He should know better.
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October 17, 2024 at 9:41 am
He does. He hopes you don’t.
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Victoria Olson
October 17, 2024 at 12:14 pm
Shows who the real racist is……..Rick Scott was always considered a white racist elite, amazing how the GOP spins the truth.
Jojo
October 19, 2024 at 8:47 am
Oh that’s rich Rick…. Racist like Florida teachers not being able to inform their student about atrocities that have happened in the past for fear it would make the tender little white kids feel bad about themselves?
TJC
October 20, 2024 at 1:52 pm
Well, Rick Scott should know something about setting up a business and running it. A founder and CEO of Columbia/HCA — a health care company — he was chief executive when the company stole millions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, etc. (that’s you taxpayer money, folks).That massive fraud, when uncovered, earned the company 14 felony convictions and a 1.7 billion dollar fine. But it turns out he didn’t know much about setting up a business and running it because Rick, of course, claimed he had no idea the fraud had been taking place right under his nose, a mighty odd claim for the top boss.
Naturally, the next line of business for the man who swore he knew nothing about what he was doing was to enter politics — in Florida. Perfect fit!
TJC
October 20, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Spell check: …your taxpayer money. He stole your money, or, excuse me, harrumph, his company did.
But there was nothing racist about it: the money came from Americans of every color.
Jojo
October 20, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Pretty rich for a dude as white as Rick Scott ( both literally and figuratively) to be leveling a charge of racism at an actual black person.
But hey, this is the Republican’s modus operandi- throw out the most outrageous lies and see which ones the undereducated believe.
Cindy
October 20, 2024 at 6:31 pm
Office space 25,000a month in area’s.. wages 25 and up
Equipment who knows insurances who knows .
Harris. Dept canceled
Cindy
October 20, 2024 at 7:08 pm
She already said it was about lawsuits r,,racism and slavery. but today’s world you need a lot of capital
And she represents multiple cultural.
Cindy
October 20, 2024 at 7:09 pm
Harris wants to make up for past lives
Cindy
October 20, 2024 at 7:12 pm
Like education loans and free collage migrants
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