RFK Jr. vows to give $5 billion for Black farmers in an effort to 'return stolen property'

Although President Biden’s efforts to give farmers financial assistance based on race was ruled as unconstitutional in court, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy has put forward a proposal to give Black farmers $5 billion.

Kennedy promised $5 billion to Black farmers during a podcast interview with the founder of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA). They discussed how Black farmers failed to get financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that was allocated in Biden's America Rescue Plan in 2021 after incurring loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I can tell you that when I’m in the White House, you’re going to be out there the first week, I’m going to get rid of those people in USDA and get that money," Kennedy said on a podcast with John Boyd Jr., the founder of the NBFA.

Boyd Jr. highlighted that Biden has prioritized tackling student debt relief but not the "debt relief" Black farmers need.

Boyd Jr. vowed not to support Biden’s reelection bid due to his lack of attention to the "struggling Black farmers who are losing their land." He said the USDA was allowed to foreclose on farmers who sought assistance from the $5 billion debt relief that would’ve been available in the American Rescue Plan Act.

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Biden wanted to help "socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers" farmers recover from financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Per the USDA’s agricultural website, "socially disadvantaged farmers" were "defined as a group whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual