Mitch McConnell Under Fire for Claiming Black Americans Are Not ‘Americans’

As the battle to protect voting rights continues in the nation’s capital — sadly with little success — veteran politician and minority leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, has come under fire for a statement he made that implied Black Americans were not “full” Americans.

Bruce Schreiner of The Associated Press reported that “McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill when he said that ‘African American’ voters cast ballots at similar rates to ‘Americans.’”

McConnell made the statement during a news conference on Jan. 19 while he was defending the Republican party’s stance against a nationwide bill protecting voting freedoms.

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