Chelsea Handler: Mitch McConnell says African Americans voting just as much as ‘Americans’ in viral video

WASHINGTON
After the U.S. Senate was unable to push through voting legislation Wednesday night, Republican leader Mitch McConnell is receiving his share of criticism for remarks he made about African American voters.

McConnell, one of Kentucky’s U.S. senators and the minority leader in the Senate, has been trending on social media since the comment he made Wednesday night after Democrats were unable to move the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to the Senate floor. Democrats in the Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the bill over the Republican filibuster.

I need you to understand that this is who Mitch McConnell is.

Being Black doesn’t make you less of an American, no matter what this craven man thinks.
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— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) January 20, 2022

And while Democrats made their own headlines about not being able to change Senate rules to get the voting legislation passed, many are denouncing McConnell for his words that suggested African Americans are not Americans.
“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,” McConnell said.
U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker, a former Kentucky lawmaker who is looking to unseat Republican Rand Paul, shared the video on Twitter with a direct criticism of McConnell. The video on his post was viewed more than 1 million times.
“I need you to understand that this is who Mitch McConnell is,” Booker said on Twitter.
The tweet included this: “Being Black doesn’t make you less of an American, no matter what this craven man thinks.”
Others on social have also come out against McConnell for his comment. That includes Mary Trump, the daughter of Fred Trump and former President Donald Trump’s niece. Various other figures and publications have also shared the video… More