Maxine Waters: ‘McConnell does not mean black people any good’

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Rep. Maxine Waters accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of not caring about black citizens.

The California Democrat said on Monday that McConnell has proven he does not care about black people because he has blocked a House bill championed by the late Rep. John Lewis that expands the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She urged Kentucky voters to vote against McConnell in November.

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