Harris campaign dishes out six-figure donations to groups who support defunding police, reparations

FIRST ON FOX: The Harris run trim aggregate six-figure checks past period for left-leaning groups that person been vocal astir defunding nan police, reparations, and are tied to extremist activists who person supported notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The Harris run gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a fistful of Black defense groups who are mobilizing Black voters up of November's predetermination adjacent week, according to FEC filings released past week.

Black Voters Matters Fund, which received $150,000 from nan Harris run connected Sept. 19, has many times called for defunding nan constabulary and has been vocal astir pushing for reparations.

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The Harris run trim ample checks past period to groups that support defunding nan police. (Fox News)

"The reply to constabulary unit against communities of colour is not much money for police," nan group wrote successful February 2023. "It's clip to defund nan constabulary and redirect those resources into building strong, patient communities."

In 2020, nan group besides tweeted, "We are proud to beryllium partner successful nan #DemocracyFrontlinesFund, created to leverage millions of caller dollars to money Black-led organizers fighting for free and adjacent elections, and moving to defund prisons and police."

"There are much than 3,000 sheriffs successful nan US, astir each are elected, nan group said successful different post. "We are moving to defund sheriffs and build elector power. Reimagining nan strategy besides comes pinch taking action!"

The group's co-founder Latosha Brown, who has been a predominant visitant to nan Biden-Harris White House, has repeatedly posted about nan group's reparations push and said successful a 2021 X station that she has been moving connected nan rumor for 27 years.

"We merit to beryllium compensated for nan literal blood, sweat and tears our ancestors were forced to put into this country," Black Voters Matters Fund posted successful May. In different station past year, nan group called reparations "crucial for acknowledging past injustices and moving towards a much conscionable and equitable future."

Black Church PAC, which besides received $150,000 from nan Harris run past month, has aggregate arguable belief leaders connected its committee and caller societal media posts show it is partnering pinch a defund nan constabulary group to thief pinch "Get retired nan vote" efforts successful Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

"We’re mobilizing 100K Strong: Knock for Change, Vote for Justice volunteers crossed GA, PA, and NC to sound connected doors and person REAL conversations pinch REAL voters astir nan REAL issues that matter most," nan Black Church PAC posted past week connected societal media. The station besides mentioned that they were partnering pinch Until Freedom, which was co-founded by disgraced Women's March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour.

Until Freedom has many times advocated for defunding and abolishing nan constabulary and sells a "defund nan police" shirt connected its website. 

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Mallory antecedently came nether occurrence for her adjacent ties to Farrakhan and calling him nan "GOAT," which intends "greatest of each time." Her societal media profiles are besides littered pinch societal media posts showing her attending Nation of Islam events and praising Farrakhan. 

"One of nan reasons why I support Kamala Harris is because I cognize astir nan things she was doing while she was successful nan Senate," Mallory said during a "Breakfast Club" question and reply a mates of months ago. 

Mallory besides pushed backmost against group who declare Harris doesn't support reparations, saying she's heard Harris opportunity "over and complete again" that she supports reparations. While Harris has been coy astir what her reparations scheme would look for illustration while campaigning for president, she previously told The Root during her grounded 2019 run that she believes "there has to beryllium immoderate shape of reparations" for Black Americans. 

The Black Church PAC committee includes respective pastors who person either called for defunding police, reparations aliases person praised Farrakhan, including Pastors Jamal Bryant, Frederick D. Haynes III and Michael McBride.

McBride, nan lead pastor of The Way Christian Center successful Berkeley, California, ranted successful support of defunding constabulary successful 2020, saying connected a livestream that defunding nan constabulary "ain't a slogan" and that it is simply a "declaration of a early that we deserve."

"We do not merit constabulary departments to person 40, 50, 60% of nan wide costs of each azygous achromatic majority, brownish mostly metropolis successful this state while we don't person food, while we don't person housing, while we don't person equitable education, but we sewage an expanding constabulary budget," McBride said.

"Yes, we want these [police] departments to beryllium shrunk," McBride added.

Republicans are ramping up their predetermination messaging connected crime and rule enforcement support. (Getty Images)

"Must publication article by @mearest @arthurrizer if you want an wrong look astatine policing culture," McBride said successful different post. "My takeaway: How do you redeem this? You don’t...abolish and defund nan constabulary and reconstruct a caller one…"

McBride has besides many times supported reparations, including praising a $15 trillion plan that was projected by Jennifer Epps-Addison, a self-proclaimed "Radical Truth Teller."

Bryant, who hosted Harris astatine his religion earlier this month, has faced backlash for many times praising Farrakhan and saying he was "humbled" to beryllium successful his beingness and "honored" to big him. He has besides attacked cheery group and antecedently said it was their "responsibility" to make cheery group and different sinners "uncomfortable successful [their] sin." 

Bryant has besides been a longtime advocator for reparations. In an Instagram post past month, he called it a "monumental moment" that he and different pastor walked from Baltimore to nan White House to "bring attraction to nan management that achromatic group merit #reparations for 400 years of oppression."

"We are nan only marginalized group successful America that hasn’t been compensated," he added. "We went 42 miles because we ne'er sewage 40 acres! Even if it’s not connected nan ballot it needs to beryllium connected nan agenda!"

Vice President Kamala Harris and Pastor Jamal Bryant astatine New Birth Missionary Baptist Church successful Stonecrest, Georgia. (YouTube Screenshot)

Another pastor connected nan committee is Haynes, nan elder pastor astatine Friendship-West Baptist Church. He tweeted a photograph of himself and Farrakhan successful 2017, calling him a "wonderful and awesome man." In 2015, Haynes besides lavished praise connected Farrakhan, saying he was "a prophetic leader of our time."

He has besides been a vocal protagonist of reparations and said astatine an arena called "Solidarity for Reparations," which was hosted astatine nan religion of Harris' arguable pastor and longtime mentor, Rev. Amos Brown. During nan event, Haynes said, "America, you beryllium us. What you done to america has been immoral. It’s been evil. It’s been unjust. It’s been downright incorrect and nan only measurement to bring salvation to America — you gotta salary america what you beryllium us."

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The Harris run besides doled retired $2,050,000 to nan civilian authorities group National Urban League; $300,000 to nan Power Rising Action Fund, an "intergenerational powerfulness unit of Black women from various sectors"; and $250,000 to nan National Action Network, which was founded by arguable MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton, whose ties to Farrakhan spell backmost decades.

During nan 2019 National Action Network Convention, Sharpton asked Harris whether she would motion now-deceased Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's H.R. 40 bill, which would shape a committee to study reparations for descendants of slaves, if it passed and came crossed her desk.

"When I americium elected president, I will motion that bill," Harris said astatine nan time. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Harris campaign, Black Church PAC and Black Voters Matter Fund.