Posted on 07/08/2019 4:14:52 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said recently he opposes paying government reparations to the descendants of American slaves, has a family history deeply entwined in the issue: Two of his great-great-grandfathers were slave owners, U.S. census records show.
The two great-great-grandfathers, James McConnell and Richard Daley, owned a total of at least 14 slaves in Limestone County, Alabama — all but two of them female, according to the county “Slave Schedules” in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
The details about McConnell’s ancestors, discovered by NBC News through a search of ancestry and census records, came in the wake of recent hearings on reparations before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Asked about the reparations issue, McConnell, R-Ky., said he was opposed to the idea, arguing it would be hard to figure out whom to compensate.
“I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, when none of us currently living are responsible, is a good idea,” he said June 18, a day before the House reparations hearing. “We’ve tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. We’ve elected an African American president.”
NBC News, in several phone calls and emails to McConnell’s office, asked if the senator was aware that his great-great-grandfathers were slave owners. The office did not respond to those requests.
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Odd how the Democratic Media Complex never sees a need to research the background of Democrats.
Great NBC, now do Kamala Harris?
Burn The Witch!
And ILLary had Seth Rich murdered.
The real story is that opposition research now goes all the way back to pre-1865 America.
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Ding, ding, ding!
Well that settles it. Rather than a citizenship question, we need to ask the question "Have any of your ancestors in the past 500 years owned a slave?" If yes, enclose a check in the amount of: Enter total net worth here.
Good info. As long as we’re on the reparations kick, and assuming McConnell’s ancestors held onto those slaves, let’s pay him for his ancestors’ property being seized by the federales without compensation.
So when is the execution?
is anyone aware that the Kenyan tribe from which Obama comes were slavers. That is, they captured other Africans and sold them into slavery. As the tribe is Muslim, many Africans were sold as slaves to the Muslim countries in the Mideast since the practice ended in the West.. But in the early days when slaves were being sold to the Americas, the Kenyan tribe was a supplier. Obama has very dirty hands.
That’s nothing, Kamalas great great grandfather SOLD slaves
Dirty innuendo.
Italy is made up of ancient Roman slaves, where can they get restitution? I want a piece of the action. My wife’s American line dates back to 1637, they were probably indenture servants. Is she qualified? Certainly she should get something for something that only occurred about 400 years ago. (White Slaves Matter.)
“The two great-great-grandfathers, James McConnell and Richard Daley, owned a total of at least 14 slaves in Limestone County, Alabama ...”
Who didn’t? My cousin/genealogist documented 2 owned by gggf in 1700’s. Do I still have a claim?
Neat. How many slaves do the Demonrats own today ?
Didn’t something come out about Obama’s white ancestors owning slaves? I don’t think I’d trust the network that deliberately blew up a pick up truck to show to viewers how unsafe they were to discuss this when they want to breathlessly discuss something like this regarding McConnell.
They know this, yet NBC still can’t find Obuttwipe’s birth certificate, college records, childhood friends... hey, and what about those trips to Pahkeestahn?
So ?
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