Mitch McConnell’s comments on Black voters spark outrage

cow451 said:

Actually, the "Real Americans" would be a good name........

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HI @cow451

How about the WINOS, 'Washingtonians in Name Only'?

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Ted

Ha. A dumb Biden style slip up.

Probably.

I'm sure he just misspoke.

I think that both human beings and Mitch McConnell deserve the benefit of the doubt.

Nithavela said:

I'm sure he just misspoke.

I think that both human beings and Mitch McConnell deserve the benefit of the doubt.

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Some would call him a turtle.

Whyayeman said:

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has provoked anger after he appeared to imply that African Americans were not Americans in remarks about Black voters.

Speaking to reporters after Republicans once again blocked the Democrats’ voting rights legislation, McConnell said: “The concern is misplaced, because if you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” Studies suggest that voting restrictions disproportionately obstruct people of colour.

This raises two questions:

1. Did McConnell actually mean that African Americans are not fully American - or was this just a slip of the tongue? (The generous interpretation of what McConnell meant to say would be Americans in general, or all americans.)

2. Is it true that the same percentage of African Americans vote as Americans in general?

Mitch McConnell’s comments on Black voters spark outrage | First Thing

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You know very well that the very experienced and savvy McConnell wouldn’t be dumb enough to deliberately make a racist comment, even if he WAS a racist - thus it’s obvious he meant to say “other Americans”.

cow451 said:

Freudian slip is the most likely explanation.

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Biden’s been having Freudian slips for 47 years:

chad kincham said:

Biden’s been having Freudian slips for 47 years:

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Oh joy!
An off-topic partisan video! How delightful!

Whyayeman said:

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has provoked anger after he appeared to imply that African Americans were not Americans in remarks about Black voters.

Speaking to reporters after Republicans once again blocked the Democrats’ voting rights legislation, McConnell said: “The concern is misplaced, because if you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” Studies suggest that voting restrictions disproportionately obstruct people of colour.

This raises two questions:

1. Did McConnell actually mean that African Americans are not fully American - or was this just a slip of the tongue? (The generous interpretation of what McConnell meant to say would be Americans in general, or all americans.)

2. Is it true that the same percentage of African Americans vote as Americans in general?

Mitch McConnell’s comments on Black voters spark outrage | First Thing

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Democrats seized on McConnell's apparent slip-up that African-Americans might be in a different category than Americans. His office previously told CNN that McConnell meant to say "other Americans" and not just "Americans." "I've never been accused of this kind of thing before. It's hurtful, it's offensive and it's total nonsense," McConnell told reporters in Kentucky, per CNN's Manu Raju.Mitch McConnell says he's offended by criticism and calls his remarks on African-American voters an 'inadvertent omission'

Albion said:

--another case of somebody looking for a reason to be outraged. Probably because of the disgraceful history of racial insensitivity on the part of President Biden which requires a lot of deflection on the part of his supporters.

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President Biden is not the topic of the tread. Try to stay focused.

Tiberius Lee said:

We all know it was a “slip of the tongue” .

It was funny in Stephen Colbert show. But nothing to see here. I don’t like Mitch M policy or tactic, but the man is not racist.

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Well, as gaffes go, this was a biggie. And like any public figure, McConnell is going to have to take his lumps for it.

TLK Valentine said:

Well, as gaffes go, this was a biggie. And like any public figure, McConnell is going to have to take his lumps for it.

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I am sure he just "misspoke" because of his "studder". Give the man a break.

chad kincham said:

Biden’s been having Freudian slips for 47 years:

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Can’t stay on topic, can we?

cow451 said:

Can’t stay on topic, can we?

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Staying on topic, even for a moment,, means acknowledging that a Republican made a mistake.

Whyayeman said:

My immediate thoughts were in the two questions I posed in my original post.

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The point is that you posted the most likely explanation.

If it was indeed what occurred to you first, that's because it is the probable answer to the question you asked us.

I doubt it was McConnell's intent to openly espouse the idea that Blacks aren't real Americans, but that notion is hardly new. It formed the basis of the Obama Birther movement, Trump's comments telling The Squad to go back to their home countries, Jim Crow, and at least some of the rhetoric about "real Americans" being from the heartland.

iluvatar5150 said:

I doubt it was McConnell's intent to openly espouse the idea that Blacks aren't real Americans, but that notion is hardly new. It formed the basis of the Obama Birther movement, Trump's comments telling The Squad to go back to their home countries, Jim Crow, and at least some of the rhetoric about "real Americans" being from the heartland.

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That is exactly why I doubt mcconnell's sincerity about his slip of the tongue. Not to mention his statement was false anyhow. Minorities don't vote at as high a percentage as white folks, as Whyayeman pointed out earlier. And we know Mitch doesn't worry about the accuracy of words spoken to voters. His worry was solely for his perceived prejudices against blacks. Now that trump is gone, the republican caucus needs to filter their statements again because their license to act like spoiled children has expired.

Oompa Loompa said:

Some would call him a turtle.

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Ironic, really. As a turtle's shell is an extension of it's spine, one could say a turtle is all backbone.

McConnell, well... hey, some big guys are nicknamed "tiny..."