Keyword: 20230627 https://freerepublic.com/tag/20230627/ en-us Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:48:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders; There is one notable exception https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4387858/posts At least 100 members of the last sitting Congress, are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people, representing at least 8% of Democrats in Congress and 28% of Republicans. The group includes Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James Lankford, and Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. President Joe Biden and every living former U.S. president except Donald Trump are direct descendants of slaveholders: Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.Governors of 11 of the 50 U.S. states in 2022 were descendants of slaveholders, as were two U.S. Supreme... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4387858/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:48:54 GMT