Congress

Mitch McConnell Says Black People Vote Just as Much as ‘Americans’

COME AGAIN?

The Republican senator made the bungled statement after a failed vote on Democrats’ John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

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Brooke Leigh Howard 

Race and Identity Reporter

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Race and Identity Reporter

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