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McConnell has always been a racist: (Original Post) tblue37 Jan 2022 OP
Going by his actions as a politician, total racist. Kid Berwyn Jan 2022 #1
👆👆 crickets Jan 2022 #4
Wonder how he'd feel if someone slapped an anti-Asian slur in his face while Maraya1969 Jan 2022 #2
MoscowMitch is an asshole LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #3

Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
1. Going by his actions as a politician, total racist.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 03:01 PM
Jan 2022

5 Times Mitch McConnell Showed Exactly Who He Is

U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL MADE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN "AMERICANS" AND BLACK PEOPLE. THAT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE SENATOR REVEALED HIS TRUE COLORS.


BY MALAIKA JABALI · Essence, January 20, 2022

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2. He refused to hear Coretta Scott King’s criticisms of Jeff Sessions, which Senator Warren tried to read in 2017.

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3. His remarks that “My party does really good with white people and I’m proud of that.”

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4. He said 1619— the year enslaved Africans arrived on U.S. shores and changed the course of the country’s history— was not one of America’s important dates worthy of being taught in schools’ core curricula.

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Whatever McConnell’s statements about race, his refusal to support legislation that could improve the lives of many working class, poor, and middle class families— basically anyone who isn’t rich— affects Black Americans the most.

It’s no surprise he has discouraged his colleagues to pass Build Back Better in the Senate. Blocking the legislation has no material impact on his life, even though it could mean a great deal for the families the legislation would invest in.

The senator is reportedly worth over $34 million, perhaps much of which is owed to his spouse, Elaine Chao. According to Forbes, the couple “received a multimillion-dollar gift from Elaine’s father, James Chao, in memory of her mother, who had died a year earlier.”

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https://www.essence.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-african-americans/

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
2. Wonder how he'd feel if someone slapped an anti-Asian slur in his face while
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 03:05 PM
Jan 2022

he is with his wife.

Not saying to do this but it would be kind of like poetic justice

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