Senate Minority Leader McConnell defends his record on civil rights in response to fury on the left after a comment earlier this week about Black voters, with the Kentucky Republican calling the subsequent backlash 'offensive and outrageous.'
about Black voters, with the Kentucky Republican calling the subsequent backlash"offensive and outrageous."
On Friday, he said he"inadvertently omitted the word 'almost,’” but then after the news conference ended, he returned to the microphones to correct himself one more time."The omitted word is 'all,' not 'almost,'" he said."Sorry." of Illinois, who tweeted a picture of himself in front of the White House and wrote,"African Americans ARE Americans. #MitchPlease."tweeted a clip
McConnell on Friday called such criticism"hurtful and offensive, and I think some of the critics know it's totally nonsense."