Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said that if the U.S. can finance trillion-dollar wars, it can fund reparations. But Bush's astronomical $14 trillion reparations proposal would cost nearly seven times that of the Afghanistan war.

The Missouri Democrat introduced her reparations proposal this week to compensate for what she believes are racist government policies that created a wealth gap between White and Black people. 

During a press conference on Wednesday, the "Squad" member said the U.S. has "a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans" to atone for the harm it caused. 

"Black people in our country cannot wait any longer for our government to begin addressing… all of the harm it has caused since the founding, that it continues to perpetuate each and every day all across our communities, all across this country," Bush said during the press conference.

"Let us speak this truth, uncomfortable as it may be: Our country was not founded on the principle that all people are created equal," she continued. "It was founded at the expense of the lives, freedom and well-being of Black people, African folks who they stole."

When a Fox News Digital reporter asked where the federal money would come from for the massive proposal, Bush said they were still hashing out the details. She added that if the country can finance costly wars, it can generate money for reparations.

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