The 3/5ths Clause Has A Question

Tapper: You really think as a historical matter America has never been a racist country?

Haley: I mean, first of all, I will tell you when you look at, you know, the Declaration of Independence, it was that men are created equal with unalienable rights, right? pic.twitter.com/pFIGCDKxmY

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 19, 2024

Oh, Mother!

Tapper: Just to push back because I was a history major. America was founded institutionally on many racist precepts including slavery

Haley: But when you look, it said all men are created equal pic.twitter.com/BdqFyLJD1X

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 19, 2024

Dear Nikki: When you have to look up ⬆️ to see bottom, stop digging. 

Just to underline:

That’s the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. So it was in a letter bitching to the King, not the law of the land. https://t.co/cKgB0YMqvL

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 19, 2024

"We, the people,” in the Preamble, explicitly did not include slaves. And slavery in America was based entirely upon race. And race was not considered a “pernicious” category in the law, until the latter half of the 20th century. Before that it was perfectly permissible to discriminate on the basis of race, in law.