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January 21, 2022

Sen. Mitch McConnell Suggests Black Voters Are Not "Americans"
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mc Connell has sparked outrage over
comments he made to reporters Wednesday, just before Republicans
successfully filibustered voting rights legislation for the fifth time
in six months.

Reporter: "What's your message for voters of color who are concerned
that without the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, they're not going to
be able to vote in the midterm?"

Minority Leader Mitch Mc Connell: "Well, the concern is misplaced,
because if you look at the statistics, African American voters are
voting in just as high a percentage as Americans."

Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker, who unsuccessfully ran for Mc
Connell's Senate seat in the 2020 election, tweeted, "I am no less
American than Mitch Mc Connell."


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