McConnell rejects idea of slavery reparations

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t support legislation that would provide reparations for the descendants of slaves, he told reporters Wednesday.

“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,” McConnell, R-Ky., said.

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