What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote?

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 15:47:11 GMT michellegb and t2x like this

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The question to McConnell was “What do you say to voters of colors who are concerned about not passing the VRA they won’t be able to vote in the mid-terms?”

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 15:53:20 GMT via mobile michellegb and t2x like this

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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jan 20, 2022 15:53:20 GMT

And a lot more with the article

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Post by oh yvonne on Jan 20, 2022 15:53:54 GMT

To me it comes off like he views "black people' as separate from other Americans, a different category. There are Americans..and then there are Blacks. IDk how he can spin this, its terrible.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 16:11:29 GMT elaine, oh yvonne, and 2 more like this

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Jan 20, 2022 15:53:54 GMT oh yvonne said:

To me it comes off like he views "black people' as separate from other Americans, a different category. There are Americans..and then there are Blacks. IDk how he can spin this, its terrible.

It sure looks that way. But I admit that I cannot stand the man, so…

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 18:00:39 GMT iamkristinl16, garcia5050, and 4 more like this

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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 20, 2022 18:00:39 GMT

Jan 20, 2022 16:19:39 GMT sassyangel said:

He said the quiet part out loud.

Which seems to be the entire GOP platform now. 🤷🏼‍♀️

And sadly their base is totally, 100% A-OK with it.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 19:16:43 GMT

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Post by keriwest on Jan 20, 2022 19:16:43 GMT

It sounds like he is loosely comparing the ratio of registered black voters and subsequent black votes to the same ratio for the overall voting population. Such as 100 black registered voters and 70 black votes compared to 1000 total registered voters and 700 votes. I didn't hear the racism.

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Post by silverlining on Jan 20, 2022 19:22:12 GMT

I am enjoying thinking about his staff right now in an absolute panic about how to explain this. I really can't come up with any other meaning than "Blacks vote in the same numbers as whites (who I see as the real Americans.)

And the tragedy is that his supporters don't care that he revealed his world view, because they share it. They will save their outrage for things like Biden saying trillion and then correcting himself and saying billion.

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Jan 20, 2022 19:24:36 GMT pinklady said:

Surprise surprise, one of their own "didn't hear the racism".

Which would make it more of a dog whistle, I guess?

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Jan 20, 2022 19:16:43 GMT keriwest said:

It sounds like he is loosely comparing the ratio of registered black voters and subsequent black votes to the same ratio for the overall voting population. Such as 100 black registered voters and 70 black votes compared to 1000 total registered voters and 700 votes. I didn't hear the racism.

Translation: I agree with him.

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Post by anonaname on Jan 20, 2022 19:55:56 GMT

It's as bad as anyone in Congress who says anything like that.

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."

www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/bidens-history-getting-away-racist-remarks

And the infamous: "If you have a problem figuring out if you're for me or for Trump, then you ain't black."

There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 19:55:58 GMT

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Post by lindab on Jan 20, 2022 19:55:58 GMT

I'm sure y'all will slam me for replying but I am not understanding this the same way a lot of you are. Granted, McConnell could have used better wording to make his point but this is what I get from his statement:

If 80% of the student population of a school is voting - you have 160 of the 200 students voting.
If there are 90 boys in the school and 72 of them are voting, then boys are voting in just as high a percentage as the school population...80%.

Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong but it's how I see it.

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Jan 20, 2022 19:55:56 GMT anonaname said:

It's as bad as anyone in Congress who says anything like that.

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."

www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/bidens-history-getting-away-racist-remarks

And the infamous: "If you have a problem figuring out if you're for me or for Trump, then you ain't black."

Yeah, let’s ignore the fact that one of these guys is fighting for voting rights for all (in real life, not just on paper) and the other one is explaining why he’s against protecting those voting rights.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 20:02:11 GMT pixiechick likes this

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Jan 20, 2022 20:00:33 GMT lucyg said:

Jan 20, 2022 19:55:56 GMT anonaname said:

It's as bad as anyone in Congress who says anything like that.

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."

www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/bidens-history-getting-away-racist-remarks

And the infamous: "If you have a problem figuring out if you're for me or for Trump, then you ain't black."

Yeah, let’s ignore the fact that one of these guys is fighting for voting rights for all (in real life, not just on paper) and the other one is explaining why he’s against protecting those voting rights.

I thought racist comments was the topic of this thread. :smirk:

Nice red herring though.

There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 20:06:55 GMT anonaname likes this

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Post by java on Jan 20, 2022 20:06:55 GMT

lucyg: The quote "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." was Biden referring to Obama

"https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/"

For some reason link is not working for me so I included it in the event anyone wishes to copy and paste it.

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What do you think Mitch McConnell meant by this quote? Jan 20, 2022 20:11:38 GMT

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Jan 20, 2022 20:06:55 GMT java said:

lucyg: The quote "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." was Biden referring to Obama

"https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/"

For some reason link is not working for me so I included it in the event anyone wishes to copy and paste it.

It's alright, they already know it's Biden, lol.

There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate.

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