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McConnell on his family’s past: Like Obama, my family owned slaves,
Hot Air.com ^ | July 9, 2019 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 07/09/2019 5:00:16 PM PDT by Kaslin

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The rest of the title is: and like Obama, I oppose reparations
1 posted on 07/09/2019 5:00:16 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Not to worry. Hussein has proven himself quite facile at announcing when his heartfelt and deep-seated convictions change into the wake of the shifting political winds.


2 posted on 07/09/2019 5:04:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Wow, good one by McConnell. Set and match.


3 posted on 07/09/2019 5:04:30 PM PDT by circlecity
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Supporters would counter that all whites *indirectly* benefited from it in the form of white privilege.

Why, of course. You can tell that by all of the white trash, hillbilly, redneck jokes you hear out there. It seems those are the only people you can freely ridicule anymore.

4 posted on 07/09/2019 5:25:54 PM PDT by seowulf
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The Kenyan side of his family probably sold slaves, particularly since there was a strong Arab\Muslim connection in Kenya.


5 posted on 07/09/2019 5:27:01 PM PDT by Reily
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Isn’t slavery still a reality today? Black owning black slaves, no?

That story should be told.


6 posted on 07/09/2019 5:27:22 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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What a coincidence!

One news cycle ahead!
almost like they were synced together?

Marine combat aviator Amy McGrath announces Senate campaign against Mitch McConnell

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marine-combat-aviator-amy-mcgrath-announces-senate-campaign-against-mitch-mcconnell-after-narrow-house-defeat


7 posted on 07/09/2019 5:29:04 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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He should have also mentioned the recent revelation that Kamala Harris family also owned slaves.


8 posted on 07/09/2019 5:29:23 PM PDT by cquiggy
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This is just a form of the “well...they did it too argument”, the real argument should be no one will be paying for any slavery that happened 150 years ago and the Republican party is focused on ending slavery in the world today in places like Africa, and Democratic cities like Houston, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles just like we did back then.


9 posted on 07/09/2019 5:30:37 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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Obama’s grandfather converted to Islam. So far as we know, the family weren’t Muslim traders in slaves. We do know that two ancestors on his mother’s side of the family were slave owners.


10 posted on 07/09/2019 5:31:24 PM PDT by x
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"This is just a form of the “well...they did it too argument”

and in this case it worked like a charm. You can't reason with leftists, you have to beat them at their own game. And McConnell played it to perfection.

11 posted on 07/09/2019 5:35:04 PM PDT by circlecity
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I’m white but half my ancestors dug coal and the other half arrived in the 1600s and were Yankees who fought in the revolutionary war and civil war

In the coming cultural revolution and Bosnia style war, am not sure if that helps me or not


12 posted on 07/09/2019 5:39:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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“The Kenyan side of his family probably sold slaves, particularly since there was a strong Arab\Muslim connection in Kenya.”

Mombasa was a big slave-exporting port.


13 posted on 07/09/2019 5:44:33 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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Not to mention the possibility of camelatoe harris’ ancestors being slave drivers. Mon!


14 posted on 07/09/2019 6:11:53 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Like Harris you mean. Her family owned two can plantations. Plus her Indian mother’s family had families of servants.


15 posted on 07/09/2019 7:17:37 PM PDT by poinq
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Africa still has slavery in it to this day.


16 posted on 07/09/2019 7:45:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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“He should have also mentioned the recent revelation that Kamala Harris family also owned slaves.”

That little tidbit is reserved for Hillary for when it comes time to clear the field so she can run again.

Don’t worry, there is plenty of ammo for the right person to use against harris. But it has to wait because Hillary doesn’t have the energy to run a campaign for more than a week or two.


17 posted on 07/09/2019 7:52:51 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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For Pete’s sake, it was over a hundred ears ago. Who gives a rat’s ass?


18 posted on 07/09/2019 8:25:51 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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Good for Mitch McConnell... funny, true and on the mark...


19 posted on 07/09/2019 8:31:48 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat Party: a group that "makes Americans feel like strangers in their own country. NYT)
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So they can trace Obamas to the very first slave hundreds of years ago, but have yet to find 1 convincing birth certificate over 50 years ago.


20 posted on 07/09/2019 9:05:42 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-ampute)
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