Mitchell McConnell Saying that African Americans Vote Just as Much as 'Americans' is Not Shocking. It's Age-Old Othering.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell made a distinction between the Black American vote and the 'regular' American vote when commenting on blocked voting rights legislation.

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Mitch McConnell takes pride in being an obstructionist. The Republican Senate Minority Leader named himself the “grim reaper” of the U.S. Senate for using legislative power to consistently block, vote down and disagree with any measure that comes across the Senate floor that may even remotely make life easier for Americans that are not white, male and wealthy. He literally relishes being a barrier to progress.

So it is of no surprise that he was one of the leading voices from the Republican Party that opposed the passage of voting rights legislation that would eradicate voter suppression laws that have been enacted across the country. McConnell is horrendously consistent in wielding his authority to make the United States as un-democratic as possible. Dude is not here for equality at all, and he understands how every American having equal access to the voting booth can be a huge detriment to his party winning elections.

And he is most keenly aware of this fact as it pertains to the unobstructed Black vote.