11 Jul 19
@whodey saidI'm guessing he's just stupid.
Mitch McConnell told the press that he and Obama have two things in common. They are both against reparations and both are descendants of slave owners.
The Left has no idea on how to respond to this.
I haven't found any of his fawning over Trump or his desire to please his master very "funny" at all.
11 Jul 19
@whodey saidWho was the descendant of Obama that owned slaves? I am assuming from his mother's side.
Mitch McConnell told the press that he and Obama have two things in common. They are both against reparations and both are descendants of slave owners.
The Left has no idea on how to respond to this.
11 Jul 19
@metal-brain said
Who was the descendant of Obama that owned slaves? I am assuming from his mother's side.
McConnell's comments about Obama referred to reports from 2007 about the then-presidential candidate's ancestry on his mother's side. The Baltimore Sun and other outlets had retraced Barack Obama's ancestry to confirm the geneology, and found in the 1850 census that Obama's great-great-great-great grandfather on his mother's side owned two slaves, as did one of Obama's great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/09/mitch-mcconnell-says-barack-obama-ancestors-also-owned-slaves/1685753001/
I love this country.
@philokalia saidGod bless America! and the liberals too 😀
[quote]McConnell's comments about Obama referred to reports from 2007 about the then-presidential candidate's ancestry on his mother's side. The Baltimore Sun and other outlets had retraced Barack Obama's ancestry to confirm the geneology, and found in the 1850 census that Obama's great-great-great-great grandfather on his mother's side owned two slaves, as did one of Obam ...[text shortened]... 09/mitch-mcconnell-says-barack-obama-ancestors-also-owned-slaves/1685753001/
I love this country.
@whodey saidWhat exactly makes such trivia something the press should throw on its front pages?
Right, they can just ignore it because the Leftist press will by in large ignore it.
We know.
Of course, a quick Google shows the comment was covered in all the major media outlets: https://www.google.com/search?q=mitch+mcconnell+reparation+obama+comment&oq=mitch+mcconnell+reparation+obama+comment&aqs=chrome..69i57j33.15646j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
12 Jul 19
the problem with mitch mcconnell is that he is married to a chinese national ( probably a u.s. citizen now ) who is a member
of the mainland chinese family that owns the largest container
shipping company in the world. before mcconnell married her he had a somewhat aggressive policy on china issues but now he is all in on pro-china issues that affect business for china.
12 Jul 19
@mister-moggy saidIf Elaine Chao is an heiress to a shipping magnate, they certainly left that out of her bio. It says her father was a doctor that escaped communist China in 1949 and her mother was simply listed as "Mrs". Her father came to America and took 3 years before he could get his wife and three daughters including Elaine, to America, settling in New York,
the problem with mitch mcconnell is that he is married to a chinese national ( probably a u.s. citizen now ) who is a member
of the mainland chinese family that owns the largest container
shipping company in the world. before mcconnell married her he had a somewhat aggressive policy on china issues but now he is all in on pro-china issues that affect business for china.
Elaine is a very nice looking woman, degreed from Harvard. She also is in Trump's cabinet.
@earl-of-trumps said"her father, James Chao, founded Foremost Group, a shipping, trading, and finance company now run by Elaine’s sister Angela Chao. While the company is based in New York, its fleet is, per the Times, “overwhelmingly focused on China,” with roughly 72% of the raw materials it has shipped since early 2018 going to China, cargo that “helps feed” Beijing’s “industrial machine, which manufactures steel products that are a point of dispute in the deepening trade war between” China and the U.S. The company reportedly constructs almost all its vessels in state-owned shipyards in China, some with loans from the Chinese government."
If Elaine Chao is an heiress to a shipping magnate, they certainly left that out of her bio. It says her father was a doctor that escaped communist China in 1949 and her mother was simply listed as "Mrs". Her father came to America and took 3 years before he could get his wife and three daughters including Elaine, to America, settling in New York,
Elaine is a very nice looking woman, degreed from Harvard. She also is in Trump's cabinet.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/elaine-chao-china-trip-foremost
And:
"In 2008 her father gave the couple a gift of as much as $25 million, while 13 members of the Chao family, including Foremost CEO Angela Chao, have given more than $1 million to McConnell’s campaigns and to PACs tied to him."
Guess that's all part of the Donald's "draining the swamp".
13 Jul 19
@whodey saidAnd this matters WHY? You figure that makes McConnell a nice guy now? Now that he has turned over the leadership of the Senate to Trump? McConnell is a spineless assswipe and you know that full well. McConnell to Trump: You want me to jump? Just how high sir?
Mitch McConnell told the press that he and Obama have two things in common. They are both against reparations and both are descendants of slave owners.
The Left has no idea on how to respond to this.
Barr to Trump. I can jump higher than McConnell sir.....
@no1marauder saidThanks for that, my link had none of that about Chao's father, only that he was a doctor. Hmm, they left out a pertinent part, of course.
"her father, James Chao, founded Foremost Group, a shipping, trading, and finance company now run by Elaine’s sister Angela Chao. While the company is based in New York, its fleet is, per the Times, “overwhelmingly focused on China,” with roughly 72% of the raw materials it has shipped since early 2018 going to China, cargo that “helps feed” Beijing’s “industrial machine, ...[text shortened]... s campaigns and to PACs tied to him."
Guess that's all part of the Donald's "draining the swamp".
But should Elaine - or anyone I her family OR Trump's be slimed over that? It's a point of pride. You have to understand what Washington consists of. It is all influential people, people that can impact American policy. People that have powerful lobbyists.
Pols on *both* sides listen to $Rich people. That's our "democratic" way. How do you think it is that all the *seasoned* politicians are filthy rich?