2026年8月12日 美国东部时间晚上8:00 / 福克斯新闻
参议员乔恩·奥索夫称奴隶制造成了“一笔未偿还的债务”，并支持科里·布克参议员的赔偿委员会立法
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥，福克斯新闻
发布时间 2026年8月12日 晚上8:00 美国东部时间 | 更新时间 2026年8月12日 晚上8:26 美国东部时间
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在宣布竞选美国参议员后不久，时任候选人、来自佐治亚州的民主党人乔恩·奥索夫就表示，他将支持赔偿立法——由政府主导的举措，以弥补奴隶制及其他针对美国黑人的不公行径造成的社会伤害。
在2019年的一次电台采访中，奥索夫称，政府有义务提供多少赔偿只是一个时间问题。
“我们有一笔未偿还的债务。我认为这是一个非常、非常棘手的问题：该如何偿还这笔债务，”奥索夫对当地一位电台主持人说道。
“但你看，问题应该在于——而非是否应该偿还，”主持人补充道。
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“没错，”奥索夫回应道。
七年过去了，如今奥索夫正在开展连任竞选，这可能是全美竞争最激烈的竞选之一，而他这段被重新曝光的言论引发了人们对其立场的质疑：即政府在解决社会不平等问题中应扮演何种恰当角色。
过去，“黑人生命也是命”运动（M4BL）和美国民主社会主义者（DSA）等进步团体已将赔偿政策纳入其竞选纲领。
“尽管半个世纪前吉姆·克劳法及针对美国黑人的公然歧视性法律已被废除，但黑人群体整体仍在遭受经济、政治和社会层面的歧视与不平等，”美国民主社会主义者在2019年说道。
“基于不平等的形式上的平等对待，只会加剧不平等。为这些及其他不公行径提供赔偿，是本次选举期间讨论颇多的热门话题。”
尽管并非美国民主社会主义者成员，奥索夫表示他将支持相关立法以评估此事。
“科里·布克参议员在参议院提出了一项法案，旨在成立一个委员会，以研究纠正这一冤情的恰当方式——偿还这笔从未偿付的债务，”奥索夫在2019年的播客采访中说道。
“40英亩土地和一头骡子的承诺从未兑现，”奥索夫说道，他指的是1865年联邦将军威廉·谢尔曼向 former 奴隶做出的土地再分配承诺，该承诺最终未能实现。
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奥索夫和时任联邦参议员共和党现任议员戴维·珀杜正在进行决选，争夺该参议院席位。（美联社照片/布赖恩·安德森）
该提案从未成为法律，但布克已多次重新提出，最近一次是在2025年。目前该提案仍在参议院司法委员会审议中。
值得注意的是，奥索夫并未联名发起该法案。
保守派历来反对赔偿政策，称其实际上等同于一种基于种族的优待歧视——而这是美国宪法第十四修正案所禁止的。
最高法院在2023年“学生公平录取组织诉哈佛案”中间接涉及了优待歧视问题，该案旨在评估平权行动的合法性。
在该案中，最高法院考量了哈佛等院校是否因根据种族制定不同的录取标准、偏袒少数族裔而违反了第十四修正案。
“评判学生必须基于其个人经历——而非种族，”最高法院裁决道。
“多年来，许多大学的做法恰恰相反。最高法院认为，它们错误地得出结论，认为个人身份的试金石并非克服的挑战、掌握的技能或汲取的教训，而是肤色。我们的宪法史不允许这种做法。”
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奥索夫的办公室未立即回应相关置评请求，包括他是否认为赔偿政策会面临宪法挑战，以及自2019年以来他对该提案的立场是否发生了变化。
奥索夫已于今年早些时候赢得民主党初选，如今他将备战11月3日的大选，对手将是来自佐治亚州的共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯。
奥索夫在2021年的决选中以50.6%比49.4%的优势击败时任共和党现任议员戴维·珀杜，成功当选参议员。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Unearthed interview exposes Dem senator’s past support for reparations: ‘There is a debt unpaid’
August 12, 2026 8:00pm EDT / Fox News
Sen Jon Ossoff said slavery created ‘a debt unpaid’ and backed Sen Cory Booker’s commission legislation
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
Published August 12, 2026 8:00pm EDT | Updated August 12, 2026 8:26pm EDT
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Shortly after announcing his intention to run for U.S. Senate, then-candidate Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he would support reparations legislation — government-led efforts to make up for the social harms of slavery and other injustices against Black Americans.
In a 2019 radio interview, Ossoff said it was only a question of how much the government was obligated to give.
“There is a debt unpaid. I think it is a very, very difficult question: how to pay it,” Ossoff told a local radio host.
“But see, that should be the question — not if it should be paid,” the host noted.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, a D-Ga., speaks to members of the media during the opening of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s South DeKalb Field Office and canvass kick off in Decatur, Georgia on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Georgia’s Senate race is seen as a must win for Democrats if they are to have any path toward retaking the Senate in November.(Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Exactly,” Ossoff replied.
Seven years later, as Ossoff wages a re-election campaign that’s likely to be one of the most competitive in the nation, his resurfaced comments raise questions about his stance on the proper role of government in addressing social inequality.
In the past, progressive groups like Movement for Back Lives (M4BL) and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have made reparations a part of their platforms.
“Despite the elimination of Jim Crow and openly discriminatory laws against Black Americans a half century ago, Black people and the Black community as a whole still suffer economic, political and social discrimination and inequality,” DSA stated in 2019.
“Formally equal treatment on the basis of inequality means the perpetuation of inequality. Reparations for these and other offenses is a current topic of significant discussion during this election.”
Ossoff, while not a member of the DSA, said he would support legislation to evaluate the matter.
“Sen. Cory Booker has legislation in the Senate to establish a commission for the purposes of studying the right way to redress the grievance — to pay the debt never paid,” Ossoff said in the 2019 podcast appearance.
“Forty acres and a mule was never paid out,” Ossoff said, referring to an unfulfilled 1865 promise from Union General William Sherman for land redistribution made to former slaves.
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Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff speaks during a rally on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Ossoff and Republican candidate for Senate Sen. David Perdue are in a runoff election for the Senate seat. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
The proposal never became law but has been reintroduced by Booker several times, most recently in 2025. It remains under consideration in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Notably, Ossoff has not signed on as a sponsor.
Conservatives have traditionally opposed reparations, arguing that they would effectively amount to a form of positive discrimination — a treatment based on race, which is prohibited by the 14th Amendment.
The Supreme Court tangentially touched on the issue of positive discrimination in its 2023 decision Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard — a case evaluating affirmative action.
In that case, the court considered whether schools like Harvard had violated the 14th Amendment by creating a different standard for admissions depending on race that favored minorities.
“The student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual — not on the basis of race,” the court ruled.
“Many universities have for too long done just the opposite. And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built or lessons learned by the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”
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Ossoff’s office did not immediately respond to questions on whether he envisioned a constitutional challenge to reparations or if his stance on the proposal had shifted since 2019.
Having cleared the Democratic primary for his race earlier this year, Ossoff now heads to the general election on Nov. 3, where he will face off against Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga.
Ossoff won the election in 2021 with a 50.6% to 49.4% victory over then-Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
