Beto O'Rourke is using his family history and ancestry to argue in support of reparations.
Vandana RavikumarDemocratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke revealed on Sunday that he and his wife are descended from slave owners, according to documents he said he received recently.
The revelation came shortly after NBC News published findings from U.S. Census records saying that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a longtime opponent of government reparations for slavery, is himself descended from slave owners. McConnell's remarks proved controversial, as critics said they reflected the politician's racial blind spots."McConnell benefited like any other individual, family or country would benefit — through the accumulation of generational wealth and privilege directly tied to the beastial submersion of other human beings into a system of long-term free labor and breeding," Ricky L.
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