RYE HAS ALSO ARGUED THAT STATUES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON, LIKE THOSE OF ROBERT E. LEE, SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE SLAVE OWNERS; VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS THE DESCENDANT OF A NOTORIOUS IRISH SLAVE OWNER AND HUMAN TRAFFICKER WHO OPPOSED ABOLITION.
HARRIS IS THE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF "HAMILTON BROWN, WHO IS ON RECORD AS PLANTATION AND SLAVE OWNER," HER FATHER, STANFORD ECONOMIST DONALD HARRIS, WROTE IN 2019 IN JAMAICA GLOBAL.