I don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. We, you know, tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. We elected an African-American president.
Mitch McConnell expresses his opposition to reparations, arguing that current generations should not be held responsible for historical injustices.
Share
More from Mitch McConnell
As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.
I'll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period, and I'll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business.
There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton.
Tariffs make both building and buying in America more expensive. The economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule.
Other voices in this conversation
