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>Mitch McConnell sparks anger by saying
>Black Americans 'are voting in just as
>high a percentage as Americans'
>Jan 20
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>Mitch McConnell caused many jaws to
>drop on Twitter when he responded to
>a question from a journalist about
>concerns of voters of colour.
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>The Senate minority leader was speaking
>alongside members of Republican
>leadership at a press conference on
>Wednesday evening when he was asked by
>Latino Rebels correspondent Pablo
>Manriquez about his message to voters
>afraid that without voting access
>protections that would be in place if
>the Democrats' voting rights legislation
>were to pass, they will be unable to vote.
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>His response elicited a wave of criticism
>on Twitter for a choice of words that
>appeared to establish a difference between
>"African-Americans" and "Americans",
>referring to white people.
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>"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," the
>Republican leader remarked to reporters.
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>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcco
>nnell-black-americans-voters-b1997297.html?utm_source=reddit.com
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